Lockerbie, N.A. and McDonald, N.J. and Weston, R.G. (2004) Compact low-power high-sensitivity angle sensor. Review of Scientific Instruments, 75 (4). pp. 988-995. ISSN 0034-6748
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We present the design of a compact battery-powered optical angle sensor, together with the first results obtained using the prototype measuring system. The output of the sensor is proportional to cos 2 over a full 360°, where is the (possibly static) angle of rotation from a designated zero orientation. Over the more limited range of approximately ±20° the measured angular sensitivity is in excess of 70 mV/°, corresponding to an angular resolution of ±0.01°. Although the cos 2 dependency was created in order to meet the requirements of a dynamical quadrupole measuring instrument, this sensor could be useful in applications which require a highly sensitive, yet compact, contactless, measurement of rotation, over (say) ±20°.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 3096 |
| Keywords: | optical angle sensor, dynamical quadrupole, instruments and instrumentation, applied physics, Solid state physics. Nanoscience |
| Subjects: | Science > Physics > Solid state physics. Nanoscience |
| Department: | Faculty of Science > Physics Strathclyde Business School > Law School (In Business Faculty) |
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| Depositing user: | Mr Derek Boyle |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Mar 2007 |
| Last modified: | 12 Mar 2012 10:38 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/3096 |
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