
L=500 ft.
The
values
in Table
13.3-3 show that
significant
error occurs
at
large
direction values for leads
in
excess of 500 feet. Instruction 4,
Excite,
Delay, and Measure,
should
be
used to
eliminate errors in
these types of situations.
Using
a 1Oms
delay,
settling
errors
are
eliminated up to lengths
that
exceed
the drive
capability of the excitation channel
(=2000
ft.).
13.3.3
TRANSIENTS TNDUCED BY
SWITCHED
EXCITATION
Figure
13.3-6
shows
a typical
half
bridge
resistive sensor,
such as Campbell
Scientific's
Model 107 Temperature
Probe, connected
to
SECTION
13. 21X
MEASUREMENTS
Equation 13.3-12,
-13
and
-14
can
be combined
to
estimate the
error directly in
degrees
at
various directions
and lead
lengths
(Table
13.3-
3). Constants
used in
the calculations
are
given
below:
Cr
=
3'3nfd
C*
=
41pfd/ft.,
Belden
#8771
wire
t
=
450tts
TABLE 13.3-3.
Settling Error
(Degrees)
for
024A
Wind
Direction
Sensor vs. Lead
Length
the 21X.
The lead
wire is
a single-shielded
pair,
used for
conducting the
excitation
(V,)
and
signal
(Vr)
voltages.
When
V,
is
switched
on, a
transient is capacitively induced in V",
the
signal
voltage. lf the
peak
transient level, V"o, is
less
than
the true
signal, Vro,
the
transient
has no
effect on the
measurement.
lf
V"o is
greater
than Vro,
it
must
settle to
the correct
signal
voltage
to
avoid
errors.
SHIELD
FIGURE
13.3-6.
Resistive
Half
Bridge
Connected
to
Single-Ended
21X Input
The
size of
the
peak
transient
is
linearly related
to the excitation
voltage
and increases as the
bridge resistor,
Rs,
increases.
Table
'13.3-4
shows measured
levels
of V"o for
1000 foot
lengths
of
three Belden
wires used
in
Campbell
Scientific sensors.
Values
are
given
for
R1
equalto 1
kohm
and 10 kohm.
Table
13.3-4 is
meant
only
to
provide
estimates
of
the
excitation transients encountered:
the
exact
magnitude
will
depend upon
the
specific
sensor
configuration.
Wind
Direction
3600
2700
1 800
9oo
Error-----
L=1000
ft.
470
310
120
10
go
c
10
00
TABLE 13.3-4.
Measured Peak
Excitation
Transients for 1000 Foot Lengths of Three Belden
Wires
Used by CampbellScientific
-
V"o(mV)
Vx(mV)
5000
4000
3000
2000
1 000
Rr=l
kohm
#
8771
200
165
130
100
65
R1=10
kohm
#
8771
320
260
200
140
90
#
8641
125
100
75
50
25
#
8723
130
110
90
60
40
#
8641
215
180
140
100
60
#
8723
180
150
110
80
40
NOTE:
Excitation
transients are eliminated
if an option exists
to contain
excitation
in
a shield
independent
from the signal
leads.
13-6
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