Patent classifications
G01R19/2509
Two-element high accuracy impedance sensing circuit with increased signal to noise ratio (SNR)
An impedance sensing circuit includes first and second current sources and first and second bias current sources that are appropriately coupled to first and second resistors. The impedance sensing circuit also includes a comparator that compares a first voltage based on the first terminal of the first resistor to a second voltage based on the first terminal of the second resistor to generate a comparator output signal. Either the comparator output signal or a digital signal based on the comparator output signal operates to regulate the current signals output from the first and second current sources so that the first voltage is same as the second voltage. The comparator output signal and the digital signal is representative of a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage that is based on an impedance difference between the first resistor and the second resistor.
Measurement apparatus and measurement method
Measurement apparatus and method for digital data acquisition. A first operation mode is provided for real-time processing of digital data having a reduced sample rate or resolution. Furthermore, a second operation mode is provided for processing the measurement signal off-line with a higher accuracy. In particular, the high accuracy data may be temporarily stored and analyzed upon the operation mode is changed from the real-time mode to the off-line mode.
DEMARCATING SYSTEM
A demarcating system for indicating the boundary of an area to an object (for example a robot, such as a robotic lawnmower), which has a receiver for receiving electromagnetic signals. The system includes a control system, a wire loop, a signal generator, and current sensing circuitry. The wire loop can be arranged by a user along a path, so as to indicate the path to the object as part of a boundary of the area. The signal generator is under the control of the control system with the voltage signals applied by the signal generator to the wire loop being controlled by the control system. The current sensing circuitry senses current signals present within the wire loop and the processors of the control system analyse such current signals. The processors of the control system are programmed to operate in a calibration mode whereby they: cause the signal generator to apply a series of test voltage waveforms to the wire loop, each of the test voltage waveforms generating a corresponding current waveform within the wire loop; and analyse the series of corresponding current waveforms, as sensed by the current sensing circuitry, so as to determine an operating voltage waveform that, when applied to the wire loop, generates a corresponding operating current waveform that is substantially the same shape as a predetermined current waveform.
Demarcating system
A demarcating system for indicating the boundary of an area to an object (for example a robot, such as a robotic lawnmower), which has a receiver for receiving electromagnetic signals. The system includes a control system, a wire loop, a signal generator, and current sensing circuitry. The wire loop can be arranged by a user along a path, so as to indicate the path to the object as part of a boundary of the area. The signal generator is electrically connected to the wire loop in order to apply voltage signals thereto, such signals causing the emission of corresponding electromagnetic boundary indicating signals from the wire loop that may be received by the receiver of the object. The signal generator is under the control of the control system with the voltage signals applied by the signal generator to the wire loop being controlled by the control system. The current sensing circuitry senses current signals present within the wire loop and the processors of the control system analyse such current signals. The processors of the control system are programmed to operate in a calibration mode whereby they: cause the signal generator to apply a series of test voltage waveforms to the wire loop, each of the test voltage waveforms generating a corresponding current waveform within the wire loop; and analyse the series of corresponding current waveforms, as sensed by the current sensing circuitry, so as to determine an operating voltage waveform that, when applied to the wire loop, generates a corresponding operating current waveform that is substantially the same shape as a predetermined current waveform.
AC/DC VOLTAGE DETECTION CIRCUIT
The present disclosure provides an alternating current (AC)/direct current (DC) voltage detection circuit, which includes a rising edge trigger circuit and a detection and output circuit connected to an output terminal of the rising edge trigger circuit. When an increase of the operating voltage at the rising edge of the operating voltage in one clock period is greater than the magnitude of a preset bias voltage, an output signal of the output terminal undergoes at least one target flip between a high level and a low level. When a detection result shows that the output signal of the rising edge trigger circuit undergoes preset m (a natural number) target flips in preset M consecutive clock periods, the detection and output circuit generates an AC determination signal.
Voltage Monitoring Circuit for Interface
A voltage monitoring circuit is disclosed. An apparatus includes a first physical interface circuit and a real-time oscilloscope circuit configured to monitor a first voltage provided to the first physical interface circuit. The real-time oscilloscope is configured to receive an indication that an error was detected in data transmitted from the first physical interface to a second physical interface circuit. The real-time oscilloscope is further configured to provide for debug, to a host computer external to the first interface, information indicating a state of the first voltage at a time at which the error was detected.
FAULT-ARC IDENTIFICATION METHOD, DEVICE AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A fault-arc identification method, device and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method comprises: performing sampling on a target arc at a high frequency, and obtaining a high-frequency sampling signal (S11); preprocessing the high-frequency sampling signal, and obtaining a processed sampling signal (S12); performing feature extraction on the processed sampling signal, and obtaining a target arc feature (S13); and inputting the target arc feature to a neural network model, obtaining a target output result, and determining, according to the target output result, whether the target arc is a fault-arc (S14). Performing sampling on a target arc at a high frequency can obtain more arc features from the target arc. Moreover, since a neural network model has favorable data classification capability, using a neural network model to perform determination with respect to the target arc can improve the accuracy and reliability of a fault-arc detection result.
CURRENT DETECTION CIRCUIT, CHIP, AND CURRENT DETECTION METHOD USED FOR SPEAKER PROTECTION
The present application provides a current detection circuit, chip, and current detection method used for speaker protection; by means of a current detection module, power tube current mirroring technology is used to perform sampling of a speaker current and convert the current to a voltage so as to output a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal; the design of the circuit does not increase the power loss of a Class_D circuit. Furthermore, in combination with an analog-to-digital converter, the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal are converted into PDM codes to as to calculate to obtain the current value parameter on the speaker; the effective bits may be as high as 13 bits; even though the output power of a Class_D is very large, there is no need to increase the anti-cut top distortion function, and the magnitude of the speaker current can also be detected normally.
BATTERY PACK MEASUREMENT TIMING
A controller generates a first command for battery array sensors to sense voltages of battery cell arrays of a traction battery, and generates a second command to sample a value of current through the traction battery at a time following the first command that is defined by durations of analog to digital conversion operations of some of the battery array sensors and an analog to digital conversion operation associated with sampling the value.
Device comprising a sensor, controller and corresponding methods
A device includes a sensor configured to output an analog sensor signal, an analog-to-digital converter circuit configured to convert the analog sensor signal into a sigma-delta-modulated digital signal having a bit width of n bits, and a pulse width modulator configured to generate a pulse-width-modulated signal based on the sigma-delta-modulated digital signal.