How to set up additional Sensors connected to analouge inputs?

daniel37nrw
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How to set up additional Sensors connected to analouge inputs?

Postby daniel37nrw » Sat Mar 26, 2016 1:31 pm

Hi at all,
after several days and countless attempts to set up an external sensor for measuring the steering angle, i´m looking for some helpful tips.
Hope you can help me, solving my small problem.

First of all, I´m using the following Hardware:
Logger:
DL1 Club Data Logger
Sensor:
rotary sensor -180deg to 180deg (linar output signal)
supply voltage: 5V (connected to DL1, 5V Output)
signal: 0.25V to 4.75V (connected to DL1, analouge input 1)
GND (connected to DL1, GND)

Within the DL1 Configuration Software I used the following setup for this sensor.
input: 01
input Equation: Y=80*X-200 Unit: deg (0.25V=-180deg ; 2.50V=0deg ; 4.75V=180deg)
map channel to: Analog 1

Within the Live Monitor I add an angular gauge, to display the values from input 1. (min. Value -180 ; max. Value 180; Variable = analog 1)
Actually I just can display values from 0 to a maximium of 65.300.
This should be ok, cause like written in the online wiki, the channel is limitted to a range from 0 to 65.535.

But how can I calculate the measured voltage signal into the value for the steering angle?
I had thought, this happens by the input equation.

Would be great if you have some tips for setting up my device.

Kind regards
Daniel
Daniel Langner
Vehicle and Traffic Engineering, Vehicleelectronics
Formula Student Race-Ing. Team UAS Dortmund

Bikey
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Re: How to set up additional Sensors connected to analouge inputs?

Postby Bikey » Tue Mar 29, 2016 7:26 pm

What did you set for your channel mins and maxs?


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