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EE352 Laboratory Experiment N# 2: 1.1 Pre-Lab

The document summarizes two laboratory experiments: 1. Studying a pre-amplifier unit that sums and amplifies input voltages. Tests were conducted to determine the gain and linearity. 2. Developing a model for a tacho-generator unit that produces an output voltage proportional to input rotational speed. Experiments were performed to identify the proportionality constant by measuring output voltage and rotational speed.

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EE352 Laboratory Experiment N# 2: 1.1 Pre-Lab

The document summarizes two laboratory experiments: 1. Studying a pre-amplifier unit that sums and amplifies input voltages. Tests were conducted to determine the gain and linearity. 2. Developing a model for a tacho-generator unit that produces an output voltage proportional to input rotational speed. Experiments were performed to identify the proportionality constant by measuring output voltage and rotational speed.

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Dr.

Guernane IGEE:Spring-2014 1

EE352 Laboratory experiment N# 2

Objectives
• Study the Pre-amplifier unit PA150C

• Develop a simple model for the Tacho-generator

1 Pre-amplifier unit PA150C


1.1 Pre-Lab

The Pre-amplifier is a special amplifier. As seen in the oppo-


site figure, it has two inputs (V1 and V2 at terminals 1 and
2 respectively ) but more importantly, two outputs (V3 and
V4 at terminals 3 and 4 respectively). This device sums its
input voltages and amplify the result (it amplifies V1 + V2 ).
V1 and V2 can be considered zero when no source is connected
to them . You shall study how the outputs depends on the
input signal V1 + V2 .
Consider the following amplifier model with inputVi and two outputs Vo1 , Vo1 :
( (
KVi + Vb1 , if Vi ≥ 0; −KVi + Vb2 , if Vi ≤ 0;
Vo1 = Vo2 =
Vb1 , if Vi < 0; Vb2 , if Vi > 0;

Where: K is the amplifier’s gain, and Vb1 , Vb1 are the outputs bias voltages all of which are positive.

Q1 : Are the (Vo1 (Vi )) and (Vo2 (Vi )) systems linear?, Explain.

Q2 : If Vb1 = Vb2 , plot Vo1 (Vi ) and Vo2 (Vi ) in one frame (Vo1 and Vo2 on the y-axis, Vi on the x-axis).

1.2 In-Lab
1- Connect the circuit below with Vs is set to +0.40V (using the left Pot’s dial). The Pre-amp must
also be powered from the PSU (±15V and COM).
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Calibration

1. Temporarily disconnect the wire from the the Right Pot to V1 .

2. Measure the output voltage across the Pre-amp outputs V3 − V4 .

3. Adjust the dial on the Pre-amp until V3 − V4 = 0.00V .

Q3 : Let Vb = V3 = V4 . What is the value of Vb ? (it must be between 1.0V and 2.0V ).

Measurements Reconnect the wire from the right Pot to V1 in the previous circuit.

2- Adjust the right Pot slider so to set V1 to each of the positive values in the table, measure and
record the corresponding V3 , V4 . (When V1 = 0, V3 should be equal to V4 and to Vb ).

Vs = 0.40V Vs = −0.40V
Input(V ) V1 = 0 0.080 0.160 0.240 0.320 0.4 −0.080 −0.160 −0.240 −0.32 −0.40
Output(V ) V3 = Vb
Output(V ) V4 = Vb

3- Disconnect the left Pot from +15V and connect it the −15V terminal, then adjust Vs to −0.40V .

4- Adjust the right Pot slider so to set V1 to each of the negative values in the table, measure and
record the corresponding V3 , V4 .

1.3 Post-Lab
Q4 : Using the table’s data, plot V3 (V1 ) and V4 (V1 ) (V3 and V4 on the y-axis, and V1 on the x-axis).
Compare the plots to those of Q2 .

Q5 : Let Vo = V3 − V4 . Add the curve of V0 (Vi ) to the previous Graph.

Q6 : From the curve, find a range of V1 for which V0 is a linear function of V1 . What is the gain K
of the Pre-amp? (the value should be around 30)

2 The Tacho-generator unit


2.1 Pre-Lab
The Tacho-generator unit is an angular velocity sensor.
It consists of a rotor which is connected to the Motor
unit’s rotor. As the motor rotates, the tacho-generator
rotor rotates with it inside its stator’s electric field. This
generates a voltage vg that is proportional to the speed of
the rotor ω. The terminals and polarity of vg are shown
in the opposite panel. Therefore the tacho-generator
uses the principle behind electric generators (hence, the
name tacho-generator )
Instead of using modeling to develop an input/output model for the tacho-generator, we will use
identification, i,e, we will assume a simple model with unknown parameters, and try to identify the
value of these parameters experimentally. The model that we shall assume is simple one:

vg (t) = Kg ω(t)

• ω(t): (the input) is the speed in rpm (revolutions per minute).


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• vg (t): (the output) is the voltage in V (Volts).

• Kg : is a constant to be determined experimentally.

Q1 : What kind of system is the tacho-generator (electrical, mechanical, thermal, ....)?

Q2 : Is this system LTI ? If so, what is its transfer function? Is it static system, or a dynamic system?

Q3 : How can you determine the value of Kg experimentally?

2.2 In-Lab
1- Turn off the Power supply, and then connect the circuit below, with the Pot dial position set
to zero (as in the figure)..

The motor unit has geared (low speed) shaft perpendicular to the (high speed ω) rotor shaft. The
low speed shaft comes from a 30 : 1 ratio gear-box connected to the motor, i,e:
1
The speed of the low-speed shaft = ω(high-speed shaft)
30
2- Turn on the Power supply, gradually turn the slider on the Pot till there is a reading of 1V on the
voltmeter (vg = 1.0V ). Using a timer, count 3 revolutions of the geared low-speed shaft. Tabulate
the Time in the table below. Repeat the procedure for different tacho voltages.

Tacho voltage vg Number of Time (s) Speed of the low-speed input speed
(V) revolutions shaft (rpm) ω (rpm)
1.0 3
3.0 10
5.0 20
8.0 30

2.3 Post-Lab
Q4 : Compute the speed (rpm) of the geared low-speed shaft and the high-speed shaft ω that corre-
spond to every tacho voltage vg in the table, add add the results to the table.

Q5 : Using the results of the table, plot the output tachometer voltage vg vs the input speed ω

Q6 : Find the ”best” value of Kg from the previous graph? (it should be between 2.0 × 10−3 V /rpm
and 3.5 × 10−3 V /rpm)

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