1Column: Flowmeter,versionandsize VSI01…
2Column: physicalvolumemeasurement
V
m
= 01ml/pulse
(correspondstothevolumemeasurementV
m
atinterpolationfactorIPF*=1)
3Column: Interpolationfactor=hardwareprogrammed IPF*= 10
4Column: Volumemeasurement
V
m*
= 001ml/pulse
5Column: ;reciprocalvalueofvolumemeasurementV
m
*
K-factor*=100000pulse/l
6Column: maximumow
oftheowmeter Q
max
= 10l/min
7Column: maximumfrequency
atinterpolationfactorIPF=1(seecolumn2) f
max
= 16667Hz
(correspondstothevolumemeasurementV
m
atinterpolationfactorIPF=1)
8Column: maximumfrequency
*
atprogrammedinterpolationfactor(seecolumn3) f
max*
= 166667Hz
Thehigh-levelstagesofthepreamplierarefastlinedriversforthreechan-
nelswithacharacteristicwaveimpedanceadjustmentfor75ΩlinesThey
emitthesignalsofchannelA,channelBandthezerochannelZThepush-
pullhigh-levelstagesaredesignedforhighdriverpowerofapprox300mA
on24V;theyarecurrentlimitingandshort-circuit-proofbyswitch-offatex-
cessivetemperatureCapdiodesagainstV
b
andagainstGNDprotectthe
emittanceagainst“echoes”througherroneouslyadjustedlinesandagainst
destructionthroughESD
Aswitchingcircuitinthehigh-levelstagemonitorsthevoltagesupplyU
b
as
wellasthetemperatureandincaseoferrorswitchesallhigh-levelstages
to high impedance The error output is designed as open collector and
likewiseshort-circuit-proof;itsendsanerrormessagetotheexternalelec-
tronicsifthereisamalfunction
Datatransferwith24Vsignalsisdoneasarulewithoutcircuitterminati-
on with awave impedance An erroneously adjusted circuit termination
causesreections,whichcanrunrepeatedlyhitherandthitherifnoadjust-
mentisprovidedonthesendersideIfthereisafastsequenceofpulses,
transmissionisinterferedwithbythesereections
Iftherearelongconnectionlinesbetweenthepreamplierandtheevalu-
ationelectronicsandalsoahighresolution,lineswithawaveimpedance
ofapprox40Ωto150Ωshouldbeusedandacorrespondingtermination
impedanceconnectedtotheevaluationelectronicsAnoptimaladjustment
ofthetransmissionlineandtheterminationwaveimpedancescanpermit
linelengthsofuptoapprox150…200m
Highinterferenceprotectionisachievedbyalargeoutputamplitudeand
bytheintegratedwaveadjustmentWhenthesignalsonthereceiverside
areguidedthroughoptocouplers,youfurthermoregetagalvanicsepara-
tionbetweensenderandreceiversideandpotentialdifferencescanthus
beavoided
Thereectionofreturnsignalsispreventedinthehigh-levelstageofthe
preamplierbyanintegratedwaveimpedanceadjustmentThisadjustment
enhancesinterference-proofperformance
Scansensor: GMRsensorwithdiplexer;orotherscansensors,whichsupplyasineandcosinesignal;
Numberofsensors: Twoscansensorsforgeneratingthesineandcosinesignal;
Adjustment: Offsetadjustmentbymeansoftwopotentiometers;
Resolution: Programmableinarangeof1–64ankspervolumemeasurementV
m
;
Frequency: Frequencymultiplication:programmableinarangeof1–16timesthefrequencyofthescansensors
Emissionsignals: ChannelA,channelB,zerochannelZ
ChannelAandB: Twosignaloutputsforemittingthedigitalowsensorsignals;betweenchannelAandchannelBthereisachanneloffsetof90°;
Flowdirection: RecognitionofowdirectionfromchanneloffsetofthesignalsfromchannelAtochannelB
ZerosignalZ: Zerosignal,markstheowofonevolumemeasurementV
m
;
Outputs: 3currentlimitingandshort-circuit-proofhigh-levelstages(channelA,channelB,zerosignalZ);integratedadjustmenttoa75Ω
waveimpedance;drivercurrentapprox300mAat24Vpowersupply;smallsaturationvoltageupto30mAloadcurrent;short
switchingtimes;integratedfree-rundiodesagainstV
b
andGND;temperatureprotectionswitchingwithhysteresis;outputsareof
highimpedanceincaseoferror;
The24Vlinedriversaredesignedforcontroltechnologywithcableadjustment;
Errormessages: Short-circuit-proofoutputforissuingerrormessagesatexcessivetemperatureorlowvoltage,lowactive
Operatingvoltage: V
b
=8…28VDC
Currentconsumption:I
noload
=approx40mA;totalcurrentconsumptiondependingonloadingofoutputs;
• Technical specications of preamplier