×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

OUTPUT VOLTAGE TEMPERATURE TRANSDUCER

OUTPUT VOLTAGE TEMPERATURE TRANSDUCER

OUTPUT VOLTAGE TEMPERATURE TRANSDUCER

(OP)
I have some questions on what internal components could affect the Output Voltage of a Temperature Transducer.  In particular causing the output to spike and than go to 0 or just to go directly to 0 or no voltage output.  My background is mechanical, but I have been tasked with solving this one and electronics is not my strong suit.  Any information would be greatly appreciated to help me at least get pointed in the right direction and concentrate my search on the correct components.

Thanks,

Major

RE: OUTPUT VOLTAGE TEMPERATURE TRANSDUCER

You might try posting your question in the 'automotive sensor/actuator engineering' forum.  This type of problem comes up on occasion.


Rod

RE: OUTPUT VOLTAGE TEMPERATURE TRANSDUCER

A bit more detail might help. What type of transducer? What is the app?

Thermocouple? Resistance? IC junction ? Remotely amplified/conditioned? The common temperature sensor, often used in autos is just a slug of silicon carbide or similar. The resistance decreases as the temp increases. It's hard to come up with a failure mechanism that would fit your case if one of the more common sensors was being used - other than bad wiring. Radio freq interference also can cause sensor sigs to go bananas.

That's my short list unless more detail is known.

RE: OUTPUT VOLTAGE TEMPERATURE TRANSDUCER

Hello, sometimes this happens. Is giving you 0  but where, at the output of the sensor? in the data adquisition systems? What type of sensor is? you have to give more details.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources