Journal of Instrumentation and Innovation Sciences
e-ISSN: 2456-9860 Volume 4 Issue 1
Design of Lc Meter Using Arduino
Mr.Sanket Sanjay Patil1*, Mr.Rohit Yuvaraj Madigar1, Mr.Prashant Jaywant Koli 1, Mr.Vishal Shridhar Wadkar2 1 Students, Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharad Institute of Technology, Polytechnic, Maharashtra, India, 2 Lecturar, Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharad Institute of Technology, Polytechnic, Maharashtra, India Email: Sanket.patil.1029@gmail.com
Abstract All lovers that are embedded are familiar with multimeter which is a great tool for measuring voltage, current, resistance, etc. They can be easily measured by a multimeter. But sometimes with a normal multimeter, we need to measure inductance and capacitance that is not possible. There are a few special multimeters capable of measuring inductance and capacity, but they are expensive. We are already using Arduino to build Frequency Meter, Capacitance Meter and Resistance Meter. So today we are going to use Arduino to create an Inductance LC Meter. In this project, together with the frequency over 16x2 LCD display; we will show the inductance and capacitance values. In the circuit, a push button is provided to switch between the display of capacitance and inductance.
Keyword: LCD, LC Meter, USB, Iinductor
INTRODUCTION Our new Digital LC Meter is minimized
Traditional LC meters measure the and simple to work, since the Ar-duino magnitude of voltage, current magnitude, board comes pre-amassed. It additionally and phase angle between current and has a superior LCD readout than the past voltage. Usually the first step in measuring form. It fits cozily inside a UB3 utility box reactive components such as inductivity L and you ought to most likely form it for or capacitor C is to define the impedance under $100 [2]. It offers programmed vector. There are never sophisticated advanced measure-ment of both digital LC meters available while inductance (L) and capacitance (C) over a microcontroller boards are easier and wide range and with 5-digit goals. efficient enough to do the job [1]. Estimation exactness is superior to ±1% of Measuring complex impedance is also perusing the vast majority of the reaches. quite a simple task with the Analog It works from 5V DC, drawing a normal Devices microchip AD5933 impedance-to- current of about 62mA, so it can keep digital converter. running from a 5V USB supply (either mains or battery) or from an extra USB With the I2C-compliant serial interface protocol, the widely used Arduino port on your PC [3]. platform can easily maintain control of the impedance converter AD5933 [1]. Here, We used Arduino in this LC Meter circuit the main contribution is to extend the chart to control the activity of the task. We measurement range to lower impedance used an LC circuit in this. This LC circuit values as much as 1 -100. This is done includes an inductor and a condenser. We using an additional 100 reference resistor used operational enhancer in particular 741 in series with the unknown impedance and to change the recurrence of sinusoidal a corrective procedure. reverberation to computerized or square wave. In order to get accurate yield Main Features recurrence, we need to apply negative
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supply to opamp [4]. So we used a terminal and the battery positive stick is backward extremity associated with a 3v associated with the ground of the rest of battery, implying that 741 negative stick is the circuit. See the circuit outline below associated with the battery negative for more lighting.
Figure 1: Circuit Diagram
We have a push catch here to change the
operating method whether we estimate inductance or capacity. A16x2 LCD is used to indicate the recurrence of the LC circuit inductance or capacitance [3]. A 10k pot is used to control the LCD's brilliance. With the help of Arduino 5v supply, the circuit is powered and we can control the Arduino using a 5v USB or 12v Figure 2: Working of meter connector. The meter's great execution depends on a shrewd estimation system grew right Componentsused around 20 years prior by the late Neil 1. Arduino Uno 2. 741 opamp IC Heckt in the USA. It utilizes a wide-go test 3. 3V battery oscillator and its frequecy is changed by 4. 100-ohm resistor interfacing the obscure inductance or 5. Capacitors capacitance you're estimating [5]. The 6. Inductors subsequent change in recurrence is 7. 1n4007 diode estimated by the microcontroller and used 8. PCB to compute the segment's esteem, which is shown straightforwardly on a little LCD board.
To accomplish solid wavering over a wide
recurrence go, the test oscillator depends on a simple comparator with positive criticism around it. This arrangement has a characteristic tendency to waver, due to
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the high increase between the comparator's associated with the circuit, Four, will info and yield. Whenever control (+5V) is basically compare to the resounding first connected, the comparator's sure recurrence of the tuned circuit containing information is held at +3.3V by the divider 1,1, C1 and any stray inductance and framed by the two 1 00ka resistors and the capacitance that might be related with 1 00ka and 4.71S2 resistors [4]. At first, them. At the point when control is first the voltage at the negative info is zero in connected to the circuit, the light of the fact that the 10gF capacitor at microcontroller measures this recurrence this information needs time to charge by (F1) and stores it in memory. It at that means of the 47kω resistor [5]. point stimulates reed transfer RLY1, which switches capacitor C2 in parallel So with its positive info significantly more with C1 and in this way brings down the positive than the negative information, the oscillator recurrence. The miniaturized comparator at first switches its yield high, scale at that point measures and stores this to close +5V. When it does as such, the new recurrence (F2). Next, the 10pF capacitor associated with the miniaturized scale utilizes these two negative info starts energizing by means of frequencies in addition to the known the 471d/resistor and the voltage at this estimation of C2 to precisely figure the information rises. When it goes above estimations of both C1 and L1. +3.3V, the comparator yield switches low and the positive information is brought to Calculating Frequency and Inductance 1.67V because of the 100kfl input resistor In this task we are going to measure pulling the 100kC2 divider low. inductance and capacitance by utilizing a LC circuit in parallel. This circuit is a like The low comparator yield voltage is a ring or chime which begin reverberating additionally coupled through the 10pF info at certain recurrence. At whatever point we capacitor to the tuned circuit shaped by apply a heartbeat, this LC circuit will inductor L1 and capacitor C1. This makes begin resounding and this reverberation the tuned circuit "ring" at its resounding recurrence is in type of simple (sinusoidal recurrence. Subsequently, the comparator wave) so we have to change over it in and the tuned circuit currently work as an squire wave. To do this, we apply this oscillator at that full recurrence. As a simple reverberation recurrence to opamp result, the comparator capacities as a (741 for our situation) that will change negative obstruction over the tuned circuit, over it in squire wave (recurrence) at half to drop its misfortunes and look after of the obligation cycle. We are now wavering. When this wavering is built up, measuring the recurrence by using a square rush of a similar recurrence is Arduino and we can discover the available at the comparator's yield and it is inductance or capacitance by using some this recurrence (Four) that is estimated by numerical estimation. We used the the microcontroller. recurrence reaction equation given by the LC circuit. By and by, before whatever else is
f=1/ (2*time) where time is output of pulseIn() function now we have LC circuit Frequency: f=1/2*Pi* square root of (LC)
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we can solve it to get inductance:
f2 = 1/ (4Pi2LC) L= 1/ (4Pi2 f2C)L = 1/(4* Pi * Pi * f * f * C)
As we previously referenced that our wave (including backlit LCD)
is sinusoidal wave so it has a similar 7. Supply type :- USB charger or the USB timeframe in both positive and negative port on a PC adequacy. Its methods the comparator will change over it into square wave having a half obligation cycle. With the goal that ADVATAGES we can quantify it by using pulseIn () 1. Cost is less than regular LCR meter function of Arduino. This capacity will 2. Measuring range is more give us a timespan which can be effectively changed over into a recurrence CONCLUSION by rearranging the timeframe. As pulseIn Arduino-based LC– meter is portrayed, function measure just a single heartbeat, so equipped for estimating huge capacitor just now to get right recurrence we need to as little inductance esteems. The duplicate it by to 2. Presently we have a framework is work around the AD5933 recurrence which can be changed over into microchip associated with Arduino by inductance by utilizing the above equation. means of I2C interface. A little extra reference resistor of 100 Ω empowers Note: while estimating inductance (L1), estimation of little impedances utilizing capacitor (C1) esteem ought to be 0.1uF revising strategy calculation. and keeping in mind that estimating capacitance (C1), inductor (L1) esteem REFERENCES ought to be 10mH. 1. Er. R K Rajput, ‘Electrical Measurements and Measuring Specifications of LC Meter Instruments’ 1. Inductance range:- 10nH to 100mH+ 2. S M 2. Capacitance range:-0.1 pF to 2.7pF+ Chaudhari,‘Electricalandelectronics (non-polarised only) measurement’ 3. Measurement resolution:-five digits in 3. Wiley, ‘Exploring Arduino’ either mode 4. http://www.siliconchip.com.au/Issue/2 4. Sampling rate:-approximately one 017/June/Arduino- measurement per second based+Digital+Inductance+%2526+Ca 5. Accuracy (when calibrated):- ±1% of pacitance+Meter?res=nonflash reading, ±0.1pF or ±10nH 5. www.wikipedia.com 6. Supply voltage :- 5V DC @ <65mA
