Development of a data acquisition and processing system for fiber optic sensor arrays

Author

Shadaram, Mehdi ; Romero, Gomlo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas Univ., El Paso, TX, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

23-27 May 1994

Firstpage

350

Abstract

A data acquisition system for a fiber optic sensor array is presented. The design considerations of the system including fiber optic components, electrical components, data acquisition and processing components are discussed. The completed sensor system is capable of measuring the spatial distribution of physical fields such as temperature, pressure, and displacement discretely. The software used for data processing utilizes both Pascal and Assembly languages. Further testing on the system consists of determining the linearity of each sensor in the array and correcting any discrepancies associated with each by using a curve fitting algorithm

Keywords

calibration; computerised instrumentation; curve fitting; data acquisition; data handling; fibre optic sensors; Assembly; Pascal; calibration; curve fitting algorithm; data acquisition; displacement; fiber optic sensor arrays; linearity; pressure; spatial distribution; temperature; testing; Data acquisition; Displacement measurement; Optical arrays; Optical design; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Pressure measurement; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; Temperature distribution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1994. NAECON 1994., Proceedings of the IEEE 1994 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1893-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1994.332986

Filename

332986