<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents the design and the implementation of a standard auto-calibration system, to correct measurement chain and ensure its accuracy. The adopted solution consists in designing a reconfigurable instrumentation based on the use of a programmable analog circuit (FPAA), allowing the automation of various test and adjustment operations. The measurement chain transfer curve is periodically corrected using the progressive polynomial calibration method, ensuring systematic correction of each taken measurement. The hardware/software implementation of the system was carried out in an embedded configuration based on a FPGA platform. The obtained results highlight adaptability of the proposed calibration method at various sensors kinds as well as the implementation simplicity, and shows how the measuring accuracy can be considerably improved.</p></abstract>

This paper presents the design and the implementation of a standard auto-calibration system, to correct measurement chain and ensure its accuracy. The adopted solution consists in designing a reconfigurable instrumentation based on the use of a programmable analog circuit (FPAA), allowing the automation of various test and adjustment operations. The measurement chain transfer curve is periodically corrected using the progressive polynomial calibration method, ensuring systematic correction of each taken measurement. The hardware/software implementation of the system was carried out in an embedded configuration based on a FPGA platform. The obtained results highlight adaptability of the proposed calibration method at various sensors kinds as well as the implementation simplicity, and shows how the measuring accuracy can be considerably improved.

Embedded system design and implementation of standard auto-calibrated measurement chain

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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This paper presents the design and the implementation of a standard auto-calibration system, to correct measurement chain and ensure its accuracy. The adopted...

Embedded system design and implementation of standard auto-calibrated measurement chain

Published Online: Dec 13, 2017

Page range: 21 - 33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-276

Keywords
Calibration, Reconfigurable systems, FPAA/FPGA, Linearization

© 2008 M. Nadi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Embedded system design and implementation of standard auto-calibrated measurement chain

Published Online: Dec 13, 2017

Page range: 21 - 33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-276

KeywordsCalibration, Reconfigurable systems, FPAA/FPGA, Linearization

© 2008 M. Nadi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Calibration, Reconfigurable systems, FPAA/FPGA, Linearization