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Dependencies: ADXL362 Lab7 mbed
report.txt
- Committer:
- dprowe
- Date:
- 2018-02-07
- Revision:
- 2:1dab962fe6f0
File content as of revision 2:1dab962fe6f0:
RESULTS:
Our end results were fairly good in terms of expected output, given the difficulty
of the task. When looking at our results of 1V sine waves, We noted marked
decrease in output voltage of sine waves that had over 200Hz. We also noted
some decreases at all increasing frequencies from the initial 100Hz. This is
evidence that our low pass filter is functioning differently than an ideal low
pass filter.
Difficulties:
We had huge difficutlies with creating a sinewave that had accurate amplitude
and frequency. We eventually achieved this simply by taking several data points
from inputs of 5 - 70 micro seconds in delay, with ouputs of frequency from
100Hz - 500Hz, in delay and using this data to create a function that would then
work in the reverse. That is to say that we used the data points with frequency
as an input and the wait time as an output to convert input frequencies to
wait times that the STM board would then use to output the correct frequencies.
This function was relatively accurate, and ended up being more accurate than the
relatively simple and "exact" mathmatically correct function that converts
frequency to delta time.
Expected vs Actual Results:
Due to this somewhat "approximate" approach to creating the correct frequency,
we obviously had some differences in our actual results when compared to our
expected results. Our generated function was most accuate at low voltages and low
frequencies, often achieving less than 1% error in the 1V and 100Hz range. When
using higher frequencies, the function would usually output a frequency that was
roughly 2-4% higher than our desired frequency. The voltage output was a similar
story, with 1V being almost perfect, while 3V was usually off by around 3-5%.
Because of these differences, and the nature of imperfect capacitors and resistors,
our actual results when measuring our low pass filter were even further from
the ideal results. We did note marked decrease in the output strength of
frequencies over 200Hz, but not as sharp of decreases as expected. We also
meausured a decrease in strength of the signal even when frequency was still below
200Hz, which should only happen when very close to 200Hz. These differences
must be attributed to many factors, the primary ones being slightly incorrect
voltage and frequency outputs, imperfect wires, resistor, and capacitors, and
some limitations in the measuring equipment.