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- Title
Distance and Cable Length Measurement System.
- Authors
Hernández, Sergio Elias; Acosta, Leopoldo; Toledo, Jonay
- Abstract
A simple, economic and successful design for distance and cable length detection is presented. The measurement system is based on the continuous repetition of a pulse that endlessly travels along the distance to be detected. There is a pulse repeater at both ends of the distance or cable to be measured. The endless repetition of the pulse generates a frequency that varies almost inversely with the distance to be measured. The resolution and distance or cable length range could be adjusted by varying the repetition time delay introduced at both ends and the measurement time. With this design a distance can be measured with centimeter resolution using electronic system with microsecond resolution, simplifying classical time of flight designs which require electronics with picosecond resolution. This design was also applied to position measurement.
- Subjects
CABLES; ECONOMICS; DISTANCES; ELECTRONIC equipment; THICKNESS measurement; ACOUSTIC localization; ELECTRONIC systems; ULTRASHORT laser pulses; CENTIMETER waves
- Publication
Sensors (14248220), 2009, Vol 9, Issue 12, p10190
- ISSN
1424-8220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/s91210190