WATER QUALITY SENSORS CALIBRATION SYSTEM BASED ON RECONFIGURABLE FPGA TECHNOLOGY

Octavian Postolache, Pedro Silva Girão, José Miguel Dias Pereira, Helena Ramos
Abstract:
An implementation of a reconfigurable FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) is proposed for digital control and acquisition tasks associated with a water quality sensor calibration system. The system permits the water quality (WQ) sensor auto-calibration based on FPGA control of different actuators (pumps and electrovalves) and of WQ data sensor acquisition, real time WQ data processing based on real-time controller capabilities and wireless data communication. Elements related with the power consumption of the calibration system are also presented.
Keywords:
environmental measurement, real-time controller, field-programmable gate array, water quality sensors, calibration
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PWC-2006-TC19-007u.pdf
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Event details
Event name:
XVIII IMEKO World Congress
Title:

Metrology for a Sustainable Development

Place:
Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
Time:
17 September 2006 - 22 September 2006