Detection of faulty pilot cable using ALTERA Cyclone II board with time-domain reflection (TDR) technique

This project implements digital technique to control the inspection wires in pilot cable by using ALTERA Cyclone II board. It is the advancement of time-domain reflection (TDR) technique for faulty cable detection. The TDR module generates pulse signal and it will be injected into the inspection wire. The edge and reflection signal from the inspection pilot cable are recorded by digital sampling oscilloscope (DSO). By analyzing the shape of reflected pulse signal (in step waveform) using oscilloscope, the type and location of fault cable can be determined. This entire module is coded using Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language (VHDL).