Title :
Low Cost Ultrasonic Anemometer
Author :
del Valle, Miguel Pérez ; Castelán, José Antonio Urbano ; Matsumoto, Yasuhiro ; Mateos, Rau´l Cortes
Author_Institution :
CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City
Abstract :
Low-cost ultrasonic transducers have been employed for wind speed and direction measurements. The system logic was designed based on Freescale´s HCS12 microcontroller which delivers data to a personal computer. A LabVIEW virtual instrument software has been used for final data display and logging.
Keywords :
anemometers; data acquisition; data loggers; microcontrollers; power engineering computing; ultrasonic measurement; ultrasonic transducers; velocity measurement; virtual instrumentation; wind; wind turbines; <* wind turbine design; Freescale´s HCS12 microcontroller; LabVIEW virtual instrument software; data display; data logging; low cost ultrasonic anemometer; system logic design; ultrasonic sensors; ultrasonic transducers; wind direction measurements; wind speed measurements; Costs; Fluid flow measurement; Instruments; Logic design; Microcomputers; Microcontrollers; Ultrasonic transducers; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Velocity measurement; Wind speed; HCS12 Microcontroller; LabVIEW; Wind speed; ultrasonic sensors; ultrasonic waves; wind direction;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2007. ICEEE 2007. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mexico City
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1166-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1166-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICEEE.2007.4345008
