Summary of the invention
At above shortcomings in Soil Moisture Sensor in the prior art and the soil moisture measurement technology, different physicochemical property at the relative soil of cultivation matrix, the invention provides that a kind of making is simple, cost is low, non-insertion cultivation matrix water content sensor with one-sided susceptibility, and provide a kind of peg model of this type of sensor, a kind of simple 2 scaling methods are provided.
Technical scheme of the present invention is:
A kind of non-insertion cultivation matrix water content sensor, comprise one-sided responsive type capacitance probe, the mainboard that is provided with capacitance measurement circuit, IO interface cable, described one-sided responsive type capacitance probe comprises driving pole plate, induction pole plate, shielding pole plate and substrate, described driving pole plate and induction pole plate are positioned on the same surface of substrate, described shielding pole plate is positioned on another surface of substrate, and described induction pole plate and shielding pole plate have equipotential.
Further, the capacitance measurement circuit on the described circuit main board comprises power module, resonance modules, secondary frequency division module and lies prostrate converter frequently; Described power module is used for the power supply of dry cell power supply is converted to stable, the ripple-free voltage source that other electron device needs; Described resonance modules is for generation of the frequency signal of responsive cultivation matrix water cut; Described secondary frequency division module comprises prescalar and rearmounted frequency divider, wherein, prescalar is used for realizing presetting frequency division and level conversion function, and rearmounted frequency divider is high-speed asynchronous counter, is used for frequency division of the frequency to frequently lying prostrate in the treatable frequency of conversion circuit; Described frequency volt converter is used for making signal behind the frequency division of rearmounted frequency divider output with the d. c. voltage signal output of equivalence, and as signal of sensor.
Further, described driving pole plate, induction pole plate, shielding polar board surface all are coated with insulating layer coating.
Further, described induction pole plate and the width of shielding pole plate and the ratio of the spacing between them are got between the 0.8-1.
Further, the frequency size of described frequency signal is determined by the equivalent capacity size that with the cultivation matrix is the probe of medium.
Further, described capacitance measurement circuit comprises printed circuit board (PCB) and probe printed panel, and printed circuit board (PCB) is structure as a whole with the probe printed panel.
Further, the components and parts in the described capacitance measurement circuit all are positioned at the same side of shielding pole plate.
Further, described components and parts are all handled through waterproof and dampproof, insulation and the embedding of heat conductivility good electron waterproof glue.
A kind of peg model for described non-insertion cultivation matrix water content sensor, described peg model is
Wherein,
UBe the sensor output voltage signal,
θBe the cultivation matrix water cut of correspondence, parameter
ε w ,
ε a Be the relative dielectric constant of water, air,
A, BValue can be definite by the output voltage of sensing in air and pure water,
U 2 Be sensor sensor output voltage in dried cultivation matrix,
βBe to mix specific inductive capacity parameter empirical value, its size and blending agent geometry, composition, electric field action directional correlation.
A kind of scaling method of the non-insertion cultivation matrix water content sensor based on described model according in butt matter and any known cultivation matrix water cut output voltage signal a bit of sensor, is determined the parameter in the peg model
β, determine calibration equation successively.
The invention has the beneficial effects as follows:
Use simple PCB process technology and circuit theory, a kind of non-insertion cultivation matrix water content sensor is provided, it has the cultivation matrix of obtaining top layer water cut ability; Provided the unified peg model of this type of sensor, and a kind of quick, simple 2 peg model methods are provided; It is low that this kind sensor has a cost, stable performance, advantage such as IO interface is simple, calibration process is convenient and simple.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing the present invention is described in further detail.
The present invention is directed to the existing above-mentioned deficiency of Soil Moisture Sensor, different physicochemical property at the relative soil of cultivation matrix, propose that a kind of making is simple, cost is low, non-insertion cultivation matrix water content sensor with one-sided susceptibility, and provide a kind of peg model of this type of sensor, a kind of simple 2 scaling methods are provided.
To achieve these goals, the present invention discloses a kind of non-insertion cultivation matrix water content sensor and scaling method thereof, comprises for responsive cultivation matrix water cut, by the one-sided responsive type capacitance probe of printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB) fabrication techniques; Based on resonance principle, have the capacitance measurement circuit that lies prostrate conversion module frequently; The peg model of deriving based on specific inductive capacity mixture model experimental formula (
βAnd 2 scaling methods model).
One-sided responsive type capacitance probe is made by printed-board technology, and it is formed by driving pole plate, induction pole plate, shielding pole plate and substrate; Driving pole plate, induction pole plate are positioned at the same surface of substrate; The shielding pole plate is positioned at another surface of substrate; Driving pole plate, induction pole plate, shielding polar board surface all are coated with insulating layer coating, effectively avoid the leakage current between the pole plate; Induction pole plate, shielding pole plate have equipotential; Be susceptibility and the responsive degree of depth of taking into account probe, the ratio of described induction pole plate, shielding plate width and the spacing between them is got between the 0.8-1.
Capacitance measurement circuit is made up of power module, resonant element, secondary frequency division module and (F/V) device of volt conversion frequently four parts; That power module is used for that power supply with dry cell power supply is converted to that other electron device needs is stable, the voltage source of ripple-free; Resonant element is the frequency signal that produces responsive cultivation matrix water cut, and its core devices is integrated voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) chip MC12148; The frequency size of frequency signal is to be determined by the equivalent capacity size that is the probe of medium with the cultivation matrix; The equivalent capacity of probe is as required electric capacity in the external resonant groove path of chip MC12148; The secondary frequency division module comprises prescalar and rearmounted frequency divider; Prescalar has the frequency division of presetting and level conversion function; Rearmounted frequency divider is high-speed asynchronous counter, can be with frequency division of the frequency to frequently lying prostrate in the treatable frequency of conversion circuit; Frequently lie prostrate converter and be signal behind the frequency division that makes rearmounted frequency divider output with the d. c. voltage signal output of equivalence, and as signal of sensor;
The printed circuit board (PCB) of capacitance measurement circuit is structure as a whole with the probe printed panel, and the components and parts of capacitance measurement circuit all are positioned at shielding pole plate one side.
The components and parts of circuit are all handled through waterproof and dampproof, insulation and the embedding of heat conductivility good electron waterproof glue, to guarantee sensor long-term stability, reliability service.
The present invention also provides a kind of peg model for this type of non-insertion cultivation matrix water content sensor, and described peg model is:
(1)
Wherein,
UBe the sensor output voltage signal,
θBe the cultivation matrix water cut of correspondence, parameter
ε w ,
ε a Be the relative dielectric constant of water, air,
A, BValue can be definite by the output voltage of sensing in air and pure water,
U 2 Be sensor sensor output voltage in dried cultivation matrix,
βBe to mix specific inductive capacity parameter empirical value, its size and blending agent geometry, composition, electric field action directional correlation;
The method of above-mentioned 2 peg models refer to according to sensor in butt matter and arbitrarily a bit known cultivation matrix water cut output voltage signal determine parameter in the peg model
β, therefore determine calibration equation.
The measuring principle of present embodiment: capacitance method is that a kind of cultivation matrix of forming with matrix granule, water and air by measurement is the capacitance detecting technology of condenser dielectric; Because the specific inductive capacity of water is much larger than matrix granule and dielectric constant of air, soil water content changes, and soil dielectric constant changes, thereby causes that condenser capacitance changes.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, be non-insertion cultivation matrix water content sensor one-piece construction pros and cons synoptic diagram of the present invention.From structural representation, the present invention includes one-sided responsive type capacitance probe 1, the circuit main board 2 of measuring sonde capacitance size, IO interface cable 3 for responsive cultivation matrix moisture.
Capacitance probe 1 is made by printed-board technology, and it is formed by driving pole plate 4, induction pole plate 5, shielding pole plate 6 and substrate 7; Driving pole plate 4, induction pole plate 5 are positioned at substrate 7 same surfaces; Shielding pole plate 6 is positioned at substrate 7 another surfaces; Driving pole plate 4, induction pole plate 5, shielding pole plate 6 surfaces all are coated with insulating layer coating, effectively avoid the leakage current between the pole plate; Induction pole plate 5, shielding pole plate 6 have equipotential.
Capacitance probe 1 should be taken into account the sensitivity of probe, the responsive degree of depth when design.Because the driving pole plate 4 of this capacitance probe 1 and induction pole plate 5 are at grade, add the existence of shielding pole plate 6, the accurate Analysis solution that analyze the probe space electric field is very difficult.By the ANSYS finite element analysis software, suppose pole plate L endless, electrode thickness is infinitely thin, adopts numerical solution that the probe electric field is carried out two-dimensional simulation, analyzes sensitivity, the same pole span of the responsive degree of depth of probe
aWith extremely wide
bThe ratio (
A/b) relation, according to simulation result: think
A/bSonde configuration is more excellent during value between 0.8-1.
One-sided responsive type capacitance probe 1 is structure as a whole with the circuit main board 2 of measuring sonde capacitance size, makes the sensor compact overall structure.
As shown in Figure 3, be the theory diagram of capacitance measurement circuit in of the present invention; It comprises power module, resonance modules, secondary frequency division module and (F/V) device of volt conversion frequently four parts.
That power module is used for that power supply with dry cell power supply is converted to that other electron device needs is stable, the 5V voltage source of ripple-free; Can adopt AMS1117-5.0 voltage stabilizing chip in the circuit, its inner integrated overheating protection and current-limiting circuit are the preferable selections of powered battery sensor.
Resonance modules is the frequency signal that produces responsive cultivation matrix water cut, and its core devices is integrated voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) chip MC12148, is the resonant element circuit theory diagrams as shown in Figure 4.The frequency size of described frequency signal is by being the equivalent capacity of the probe of medium with the cultivation matrix
CxSize determines, the equivalent capacity of described probe
CxAs required electric capacity in the external resonant groove path of chip MC12148, the MC12148 output signal is the MECL level, and typical highest frequency can reach 225MHz, purity of frequency spectrum height, under 5.0V direct supply voltage, maximum current consumption 19mA, its output signal frequency size calculating formula is:
Wherein,
CBe the inner natural capacity of chip MC12148,
L Be 1 size of inductance L among Fig. 3.
The secondary frequency division module comprises prescalar and rearmounted frequency divider, and Fig. 5 is secondary frequency division module circuit theory diagrams.Described prescalar adopts chip MC12017, and it has 64/63 and presets division function and level conversion function prescalar, maximum operation frequency 225MHz, output level can with COMS, Transistor-Transistor Logic level compatibility; Described rearmounted frequency divider adopts 12 high speed COMS asynchronous counter chip 74HC4040, and its maximum can realize 2
12Frequency division is enough to and will presets frequency division of the frequency behind the frequency division to frequently lying prostrate in the treatable frequency of conversion circuit.
Frequently lying prostrate converter is to make the frequency signal of rearmounted frequency divider output with the d. c. voltage signal output of equivalence, and its core devices is chip LM331, and it is very high V/F and the F/V conversion chip of cost performance that U.S. NS company produces.It has adopted new temperature compensation energy gap reference circuit, under the 4.0V supply voltage high conversion accuracy is arranged with low in whole operating temperature range.When as F/V and in by Fig. 6, connect shown in the circuit, the average current that the 1st pin of LM331 chip flows out is by 9 filtering of the capacitor C of 100k Ω resistance R 2 and 1uf, its ripple peak value is 10mV, but corresponding slower, time constant is 0.1s, reach 0.1% degree of accuracy the stabilization time through 0.7s, and the pass of output voltage signal and frequency input signal is:
U=k·f s (3)
Wherein,
UBe sensor output voltage,
kBe to lie prostrate transformation ratio frequently.
The present invention also provides a kind of peg model for this type of non-insertion cultivation matrix water content sensor, the concrete derivation of model is as follows: receive section's two-phase specific inductive capacity mixture model experimental formula according to Ji Hetian, cultivation matrix is found out that the relative dielectric constant of cultivation matrix can be expressed as by air, cultivation matrix particle and the mixing of water three-phase:
Wherein,
ε b Be the soil relative dielectric constant,
ε a ,
ε s ,
ε w Be respectively the relative dielectric constant of air, soil particle, water,
f a ,
f s ,
θBe respectively the volume fraction of air, soil particle, water,
βBe to mix specific inductive capacity parameter empirical value, its size and blending agent geometry, composition, electric field action directional correlation; In addition,
f a ,
f s ,
θBetween close and to be:
(5)
(6)
Wherein,
φBe the interstices of soil rate, can get according to formula (4)-(6):
When soil volume change of moisture content, the probe equivalent capacity changes thereupon, and the probe equivalent capacity can be expressed as:
C x =
C 0+
ξ·ε b ·ε 0 (8)
Wherein,
C x Be the probe equivalent capacity,
C 0 Be to drive pole plate and shield the equivalent capacity that pole plate forms,
ξBe the sensitivity of probe,
ε 0 It is dielectric constant of vacuum.
Frequently lie prostrate transforming relationship formula (3) according to resonant element resonance signal frequency meter formula (2), F/V conversion circuit chip, and formula (8) can get:
(9)
Order
,
, suppose that sensor probe separately output voltage when air contacts with the deionized water top layer is respectively
U 0 ,
U 1, then have:
(12)
Can be determined by formula (11), (12)
A,
BIn addition, suppose sensor in baking substrate (
θBe 0), output voltage is
U 2 Then can be got by formula (7), (10):
Can get according to formula (7), (10), (13):
Formula (14) be based on
βThe experience peg model of parameter (
βModel).Using
βDuring model calibration, parameter
ε w ,
ε a , be constant, to some sensors
A,
BBe worth identical, so only need determine parameter to different cultivation matrixes
U 2 With
β.Wherein,
U 2 Be sensor output voltage in dried cultivation matrix, according to peg model formula (14), can propose the method for 2 peg models.
The method of described 2 peg models refer to according to sensor in butt matter and arbitrarily a bit known cultivation matrix water cut output voltage signal determine parameter in the peg model
β, therefore determine calibration equation.
For have a mind to effect, the both practicality of sensor, reliability of the present invention are described; And provide
βThe practicality of the adaptability of model and 2 standardizations; With soil, reaching soilless culture substrate peat commonly used and vinegar poor is subjects, carries out rating test.Scaling method is as follows: behind the poor rejecting of air-dry soil, peat and vinegar impurity, be put in dry 3h in 105 ℃ of drying boxes, cool to room temperature is standby; Get the Plastic Drum of internal diameter 13cm, dark 25cm, weigh up empty bucket quality with Precision Electronics Balance, determine to load soil, matrix volume, and mark is done at the corresponding height place in bucket; Calculate required water and the poor quality of dry ground earth, peat and vinegar according to pre-determined volume of sample water cut and unit weight, get by result calculated that dry ground earth, peat, vinegar are poor to be mixed with water, stir, be sealed in leave standstill 24h in the polybag after, will be densified to the place that makes marks in its Plastic Drum of packing into and with it with the compaction in layers method; During measurement, room temperature control closely is contacted with made sample top in (25 ± 3) ℃ with the responsive side of non-insertion cultivation matrix water content sensor, and every rotation is measured 1 time for 120 °, and getting 3 output voltage average values is measured value.Sample is numbered from small to large by water cut, and water cut is 0, is numbered 1.In addition, experimental test obtains:
U 0=1.354V,
U 1=0.405V.Fig. 7 is nominal data, and data are carried out least square fitting
βParameter model, the related coefficient of match
R 2And root-mean-square error (RMSE) is as following table:
Table is as can be known thus:
βPeg model can be described the relation between output voltage signal and the water content of substrate, least correlativing coefficient preferably
R 2=0.9911.
2 scaling methods that propose according to the present invention, we will number big any some test figures and bring formula (16) into, solve parameter
β, determine peg model; Calculate the error of self outer all the other each point calibration value and true value according to peg model, remember that the maximum value of error is M
| △ |Calculate
βAnd M
| △ |Data such as following table:
Table as can be known thus: determine with 2 scaling methods
βPeg model, it is better to be used for the poor measurement effect of soil, peat and vinegar, and their maximum error satisfies the accuracy requirement of agricultural production cultivation matrix moisture measurement less than 0.025.
It should be noted last that: above embodiment is unrestricted real invention technical scheme in order to explanation only, although with reference to above-described embodiment the present invention is had been described in detail, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: still can make amendment or be equal to replacement the present invention, and not breaking away from any modification or partial replacement of the spirit and scope of the present invention, it all should be encompassed in the middle of the claim scope of the present invention.