Data Acquisition and Analysis (DA)

ME-415-02

Group 20

Submitted to:
Dr. Srinivasan Rasipuram
Matthew Daunis, T.A.
Ben King, T.A.
Santanu Mukherjee, T.A.
Nirupama Warrier, T.A.

Prepared by:
Samuel Allen

Lab Date: 04/06/17

Due Date: 04/17/17
Results and Discussion

Table 1 shows the temperature measurements of the ambient air and hot water.

Mean Standard Coefficient of

(F) Deviation (F) Variance
 Ambient Air 76.2 0.29 0.39
Hot Water 205.3 0.24 0.12
Table 1. Temperature measurements of the ambient air and hot water.

The temperature measurements are repeatable due to the coefficient of variance of both the

ambient air and the hot water being less than 10.

The time constant for the thermistor was calculated using

T T
T T 0


ln
t
=

Where t is the time it takes for the temperature to increase, T is the ending temperature reading,

T is the temperature after one change, and T0 is the initial temperature. The time constants for the

thermistor are shown in Table 2.

Standard Coefficient of
Mean (s)
deviation (s) variance
0.94 0.16 17.02
Table 2. Time constants for the thermistor.

The time constants calculated for the thermistor are not repeatable due to the coefficient of

variance being more than 10.

Figure 1 shows the RMS Discrete Fourier Transform for each sine wave sampling

scenario.

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 2
1.8
1.6
RMS Amplitude (V) 1.4
1.2
5000 Hz
1 2500 Hz
0.8 1000 Hz
0.6 700 Hz
0.4 300 Hz

0.2
0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Frequency (Hz)

Figure 1. RMS discrete Fourier transform for each sine wave sampling scenario.

The only scenarios that were subjected to aliasing were the 700 and 300 scenarios because they

were less than double the maximum frequency of 500 Hz. The scenarios 5000, 2500, and 1000

were not subjected to aliasing because they were more than double the maximum frequency.

The theoretical RMS voltage amplitudes of the first six Fourier coefficients for each

square wave were calculated using the following equations.

T
2 2 nt
A n=
T 0 (
y ( t ) cos
t ) dt

T
2 2 nt
B n= y ( t ) sin
T 0 (t
dt)
Cn = A n2+ B n2

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Where T is the period, y(t) is the period function, n is the number of iterations, and An, Bn, and Cn

are the Fourier coefficients. The Fourier coefficients and RMS voltage amplitudes for 25% and

50% duty wave are shown in Table 3 and Table 4.

Frequenc Theoretical Measured Difference

n An Bn
y Cn Cn (%)

0 0 1.25 0.00 1.25 1.54 20.85

1 25 1.59 1.59 1.59 1.60 0.28
2 50 0.00 1.59 1.13 1.15 2.34
3 75 -0.53 0.53 0.53 0.56 5.76
4 100 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 125 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.38 16.62
6 150 0.00 0.53 0.38 0.32 15.86
Table 3. 25% duty cycle Fourier coefficients and RMS voltage amplitude.

Theoretic
Frequenc Measure Differen
n An Bn al
y d Cn ce (%)
Cn

0 0 2.50 0.00 2.50 1.97 23.71

1 25 0.00 3.18 2.25 2.26 0.28
2 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 75 0.00 1.06 0.75 0.79 5.54
4 100 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 125 0.00 0.64 0.45 0.45 0.26
6 150 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Table 4. 50% duty cycle Fourier coefficients and RMS voltage amplitude.

The RMS voltage amplitudes for the 50% duty cycle are larger than the 25% duty cycle when the

50% RMS voltage isnt zero. The percent difference between the theoretical and measured RMS

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voltage amplitudes gets smaller for both duty cycles as the number of iterations increases.

However, the 25% duty cycle percent difference increases after the 5th iteration.

Conclusion

The temperature measurements of the ambient air and hot water were repeatable, but the

time constants calculated for the thermistor were not repeatable. The max frequency for the RMS

discrete Fourier transform was 500 Hz. This made the trials of 5000 Hz, 2500 Hz, and 1000 Hz

not be subjected to aliasing because they were over double of the max frequency. The percent

difference between the measured and theoretical RMS voltage amplitudes decreased as the

number of iterations increased.

Appendix

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