A Virtual Impedance Measuring Instrument Based on a Quasi-Balanced Bridge

Cornelia Marcuta, Cristian Fosalau, Camelia Petrescu
Abstract:
The paper presents a virtual instrument based on a quasi-balanced bridge designed to measure the parameters of an inductor, a capacitor or a resistor. The unknown element, in series with a reference resistor, forms the real half of an ac bridge, while the software model of a resistive potentiometer shapes the virtual half. Actually, one acquires the supplying voltage and the voltage across the reference resistor respectively, after which these signals are digitally processed according to the quasi-balanced bridge algorithm. Both the hardware and the software of the prototype model are described. The experimental results and the error analysis are also presented.
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IMEKO-TC4-2005-093.pdf
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC4
Event name:
TC4 Workshop 2005
Title:

10th IMEKO TC4 International Workshop on ADC Modelling and Testing - IWADC (together with XIVth IMEKO TC4 International Symposium on New Technologies in Measurement and Instrumentation)

Place:
Gdynia/Jurata, POLAND
Time:
12 September 2005 - 15 September 2005