WO2007122214A1 - Messinstrument in zweileitertechnik - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a current-limited circuit for a measuring instrument in two-wire technology, a measuring instrument using this circuit, as well as a method for current-limited measurement signal output for use in the two-wire technique.
- NAMUR is an application association for process control technology. Under process control technology while electrical assemblies such as process control systems (PLS) or programmable logic controllers (PLC) and the programs stored therein are understood. Specifically, NAMUR has set a current range of 4 to 20 mA to provide the two-wire current signal to these electrical assemblies.
- PLS process control systems
- PLC programmable logic controllers
- the circuit for detecting the measurement display must comply at least on the output side of the current range specified above, for example, may be used according to some provisions for detection only less than 4 mA. It is the
- the present invention is based on the object to eliminate the aforementioned disadvantages of the prior art.
- the solution according to the invention is a circuit for a measuring instrument, comprising: a logic circuit with digital memory arranged for the input and output of measuring signals; a controllable current sink arranged to operate a current loop with a limited current range, the controllable current sink being arranged to convert an information supplied by the logic circuit into an output current on the current loop; an application specific integrated circuit adapted to detect a measurement specific movement associated with the logic circuit for outputting measurement signals corresponding to motion measurements; and an energy storage connected to the controllable sink for power consumption and connected to the application specific integrated circuit for power delivery; wherein the logic circuit controls the connection state of the energy storage such that the energy storage is always connected to the application-specific integrated circuit when it has reached a lack of energy in their energy supply.
- a preferred embodiment of this solution is a circuit for a measuring instrument, comprising: a microprocessor set up for the input of measuring signals; a voltage / current converter circuit adapted to operate a current loop with a limited current range, the voltage / current converter circuit adapted to convert an input voltage supplied by the microprocessor to an output current on the current loop; an application specific integrated circuit, arranged for the detection of the rotation angle, which is connected to the microprocessor for the output of measuring signals, which angle of rotation measurements correspond; and a capacitor either connected to the voltage / current converter circuit for charging with a supply voltage or connected to the application specific integrated circuit for charge delivery; wherein the microprocessor controls the connection state of the capacitor such that the capacitor is connected to the application specific integrated circuit whenever it carries a charge sufficient for its power supply.
- the circuit may be arranged such that the current which flows to the application-specific circuit for detecting the rotational angle when the capacitor discharges is above the limited current range.
- the limited current range is preferably 4 to 20 mA.
- microprocessor is preferably arranged to match that of the voltage
- the microprocessor may be arranged to control the connection state of the capacitor by measuring either the charge of the capacitor or the capacitor voltage or by changing the connection state at time intervals which according to a design of the circuit for charging the capacitor one to power the application-specific circuit sufficient charge are sufficient.
- the energy storage device can always be connected to the supply voltage.
- a measuring device which contains the circuit according to the invention for detecting the rotation angle, wherein the measuring device is set up to detect a measured variable and to display it on a rotary display;
- the circuit for detecting the rotation angle of the rotary display and for outputting a signal corresponding to the measured signal is operably set up.
- the measured variable can be, for example, a temperature, a pressure or a measured variable derived therefrom, such as a density or gas density, a flow or a fill level.
- the measured variable may be a rotational movement or a linear movement or a variable converted into this movement.
- the application-specific circuit may comprise a magnetic rotation angle sensor, which is arranged without contact and centric over a pointer shaft of a pointer with a magnet.
- the power from the energy store can also be used to operate a radio module which transmits information about the measured value wirelessly to a receiving point.
- a method for current-limited signal output for use in the two-wire technique comprises the steps of: filling an energy store up to a critical filling; Detecting the reaching of the critical charge in the energy storage by a logic circuit with digital storage; Delivering the critical charge of the energy store to an application-specific measurement-specific movement detection circuit, the critical charge corresponding to the amount of energy missing to power the application-specific circuitry; Detecting a measurement-specific movement by the application-specific circuit; Outputting a measurement signal corresponding to the detected measurement-specific movement; Outputting the measurement signal to the logic circuit; Supplying an input variable corresponding to the measurement signal to a controllable current sink; and converting the input to an output current on a current loop within a confined current range.
- a preferred embodiment of this method comprises the steps of: charging a capacitor up to a critical charge; Detecting the reaching of the critical charge on the capacitor by a microprocessor; Deriving the critical charge of the capacitor to an application-specific circuit for rotational angle detection, wherein the critical charge of the supply voltage corresponds to the application-specific circuit for rotational angle detection; Detecting a rotation angle by the application specific circuit; Outputting a measurement signal corresponding to the detected rotation angle; Outputting the measurement signal to the microprocessor; Supplying an input voltage corresponding to the measuring signal to a voltage / Current converter circuit; and converting the input voltage to an output current on a current loop within a confined current range.
- the current which flows to the application-specific circuit for detecting the rotational angle when the capacitor discharges can be above the limited current range.
- the limited current range is preferably 4 to 20 mA.
- the microprocessor preferably maintains the input voltage applied to the voltage / current converter circuit until a new measurement signal is supplied to the microprocessor by the application specific circuit.
- the microprocessor can detect the critical charge by either measuring the charge of the capacitor or the capacitor voltage or by measuring the timing of the charging process, which according to a design of the circuit for charging the capacitor with one for powering the application specific circuit sufficient charge is sufficient.
- the output signal can be filtered or smoothed by software and / or hardware in the form of RC or LC elements of simpler or higher order.
- current sink refers to the overall balance of the thus designated element, and thus does not exclude a time-limited release of energy.
- Fig. 1 is an equivalent circuit diagram of a first
- FIGS. 2A to 2D are sectional views of a measuring device, in which the inventive circuit can be advantageously applied;
- 2A is a side sectional view of a tube spring gauge taken along line AA of FIG. 2B
- FIG. 2B is a front sectional view of the tube spring gauge
- FIG. 2C is an undercut view of the tube spring gauge
- FIG. 2D is an enlarged detail view of FIG "X" marked details;
- Fig. 3 is an equivalent circuit diagram of another exemplary embodiment of the inventive circuit for a measuring device.
- FIG. 1 shows an equivalent circuit diagram of a first exemplary embodiment of the circuit according to the invention for a measuring device.
- Reference numeral 11 designates a voltage / current converter circuit which can be implemented, for example, by the commercially available module AM462 from the company “analog microelectronics.”
- Reference numeral 12 designates a microprocessor which has an EEPROM (" ⁇ Controller”) designed as a microcontroller. electrically erasable programmable read-only memory) The indication “dig-I / O” indicates an individual signal adjustment in the EEPROM, so that 0 to 270 ° on the rotary display of a measuring device 0 to 3.3 V are shown.
- the reference numeral 13 designates a capacitor with the capacitance C, which is connected to a reference voltage terminal of the AM462 either through the microprocessor 12 via a resistor R configured for the maximum capacitor current, or through the microprocessor 12 via a DC / DC converter 15 an application-specific circuit for rotational angle detection 14 is connected.
- the application-specific circuit 14 can be implemented, for example, by the commercially available module AS5040 from "austriamicrosystems.” This component is a non-contact magnetic rotary angle sensor in which a 10-bit wide Output of the absolute position value (the rotation angle) can be encoded into a pulse width modulated signal. This is indicated by the indication "PWM approx. 0.5..2.5V” (PWM - "pulse width modulation").
- the indication "DO serial out” designates the serial data output (DO - "data output”) of the 10-bit-wide absolute position value (of the rotation angle). According to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, this output is input to the microprocessor 12 for detection.
- the microprocessor 12 detects this signal and holds it at its output, which is connected to an input of the voltage / current converter circuit 11 until a new measured value (a new measurement signal) is provided to it by the application-specific circuit 14.
- the microprocessor 12 Apart from the above-mentioned input of the voltage / current converter circuit 11 (of the module AM462), the microprocessor 12 according to the first embodiment is additionally connected to the current / voltage reference terminal of the voltage / current converter circuit 11.
- the wiring of the voltage / current converter circuit 11 for operating a current loop which according to the first embodiment is limited to the range of 4 to 20 mA required by the NAMUR, is as follows. An output for a system gain and an input for a current output stage are short-circuited and connected via a resistor Rl to a negative input of the voltage / current converter circuit 11. This negative input is connected via a further resistor R2 to ground. The ground terminal also forms at the same time the first terminal of the two-wire system formed by the current loop. The second connection of the two-wire system is with a positive
- Sensing resistance terminal of the current / voltage converter stage of the voltage / current converter circuit 11 is connected. Furthermore the second terminal is connected via a resistor Ro to the negative sense resistor terminal of the current / voltage converter stage of the voltage / current converter circuit 11 and to the supply voltage terminal of the voltage / current converter circuit 11. The latter terminals are further connected to the collector of a transistor whose base is connected to the current output of the voltage / current converter circuit 11, and whose emitter is connected via a resistor R5 to the first terminal of the two-wire system.
- the voltage / current converter circuit 11 (the AM462) driven via the microprocessor 12) permanently operates the current loop limited to a current range of 4 to 20 mA.
- the microprocessor has a sufficiently low power consumption.
- a continuous operation within the area indicated by the dashed line 16 is possible.
- an energy buffering clocked by the microprocessor 12 is realized in which the application-specific circuit 14 (the AS5040 as rotation angle sensor) is only operated for a short time and then switched off again, since its energy conversion is comparatively high.
- the microprocessor 12 detects the signal output by the application specific circuit 14 during each operation and holds it at its output to the voltage / current converter circuit 11 until a new measurement (new measurement signal) can be energetically generated by the application specific circuit 14.
- a new measurement new measurement signal
- the above-described implementation of the invention according to the first embodiment allows a measurement value update of about three to four readings per second.
- a completely adequate measurement value update is achieved, which allows use in devices of the highest accuracy class.
- two-wire technology in conjunction with mechanical measuring instruments opens up their application in the process industry.
- Figures 2A to 2D show a mechanical measuring device as a second embodiment of the invention, in which the circuit described above according to the first embodiment can be used.
- FIG. 2A shows a side sectional view along the line AA from FIG. 2B, in which an undercut view of the example measuring device designed as a tube spring measuring device is shown.
- the reference numeral 24 of Fig. 2B indicates the Bourdon tube.
- the detail "x" from the undercut view shown in Fig. 2C illustrates in Fig. 2D the direct tap 25 on the tube spring for the pointer display on the example measuring device
- a magnet is applied to the extended shaft, and the application-specific circuit 14 is mounted directly above the magnet as the magnetic rotation angle sensor 22.
- the rotation angle sensor 22 is mounted on a support board 21 together with the other elements of the circuit according to the first embodiment attached, which as shown in Figures 2A to 2D is mounted centrally above the pointer shaft.
- the second exemplary embodiment thus achieves the provision of a measuring device of the highest accuracy class with a contactless magnetic rotary angle sensor with 360 ° absolute angle in two-wire technology, which can be used in the process industry.
- the energy store in this case the capacitor CL
- the empty capacitor is initially charged via the resistor R L in order to avoid unwanted current peaks in the initial moment of charging.
- the capacitor C L is continuously charged via the resistor R L 2.
- the angle of rotation sensor (eg Type 2 SA 10 from Melexis) is supplied with power via the control line CLK and the transistor Ti (eg type BSS670 from Infineon), ie actuated. He is then fed via the high-impedance resistor R v with a Grundversogung, for example, about ImA, and obtains the remaining still required operating current from the capacitor C L.
- the transistor Ti eg type BSS670 from Infineon
- the rotation angle sensor then sends the measured value via the line D I / O to the processor PC, which temporarily stores the value until a newly determined measured value is present.
- the value is thereafter sent to the voltage current transformer U / I (eg Type XTR 115 of the company. Texas Instruments), which then provides the measured value in the standardized format 4 to 20 mA in the loop, for example, a control room.
- U / I eg Type XTR 115 of the company. Texas Instruments
- the current loop is used for communication via the HART protocol ("Highway Addressable Remote Transducer") .
- the HART protocol is the leading communication technology in intelligent process measurement technology and offers, inter alia, remote process variable remote access, cyclic access Process data, a parameter setting and a diagnosis, whereby the HART protocol simultaneously permits two-way digital communication and analog signaling in the 4 to 20 mA current range.
- Embodiment particularly advantageous in view of the application of the present invention in the process industry.
- the present description thus includes a method of current limited signal output for use in two-wire technology.
- the method comprises the steps of: charging a capacitor up to a critical charge; Detecting the reaching of the critical charge on the capacitor by a microprocessor; Deriving the critical charge of the capacitor to an application-specific circuit for detecting the rotational angle, wherein the critical charge corresponds to the supply voltage of the application-specific rotation angle detection circuit; Detecting a rotation angle by the application specific circuit; Outputting a measurement signal corresponding to the detected rotation angle; Outputting the measurement signal to the microprocessor; Supplying an input voltage corresponding to the measurement signal to a voltage / current converter circuit; and converting the input voltage to an output current on a current loop within a confined current range.
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