scholarly journals A DIY Low-Cost Wireless Wind Data Acquisition System Used to Study an Arid Coastal Foredune

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1064
Author(s):  
Antonio C. Domínguez-Brito ◽  
Jorge Cabrera-Gámez ◽  
Manuel Viera-Pérez ◽  
Eduardo Rodríguez-Barrera ◽  
Luis Hernández-Calvento
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
Data Acquisition System ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
Wind Data ◽  
General Level ◽  
Dune Field ◽  
The Cost

Environmental studies on coastal dune systems are faced with a considerable cost barrier due to the cost of the instrumentation and sensory equipment required for data collection. These systems play an important role in coastal areas as a protection against erosion and as providers of stability to coastal sedimentary deposits. The DIY (Do-It-Yourself) approach to data acquisition can reduce the cost of these environmental studies. In this paper, a low-cost DIY wireless wind data acquisition system is presented which reduces the cost barrier inherent to these types of studies. The system is deployed for the analysis of the foredune of Maspalomas, an arid dune field situated on the south coast of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain), for the specific purpose of studying the dynamics of a dune type (tongue dunes), which is typical of this environment. The results obtained can be of interest for the study of these coastal environments at both the local level, for the management of this particular dune field, and at the general level for other similar dune fields around the world.

scholarly journals Implementing A Low Cost Data Acquisition System for Engineering Education Programs in Universities

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-136
Author(s):  
Silviu Rei
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Data Acquisition System ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
Development Platform ◽  
Educational Engineering ◽  
Cost Development ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Engineering Projects

Abstract For many educational engineering projects running in Universities, a data acquisition system is a key component. Buying a system from the market is a viable option but many times the cost of it is prohibitive for the low budgets of University projects. This paper investigates the idea of implementing an own data acquisition system with use in small educational projects. Together with the advantage of cost reduction, an own implementation is an engineering exercise in itself, providing learning opportunities for the student. The paper presents first the results of a market scan for development platforms which can be used and then an example implementation of a simple data acquisition system using a low cost development platform. The performance of the implemented system is measured and presented. The main purpose of this paper is to encourage students and young researchers to implement their own tools, using this learning experiences along the way of meeting the project targets.

Wireless Data Acquisition System for Vibrating Sensors

2014 ◽  
Vol 494-495 ◽  
pp. 979-982
Author(s):  
Shuang Rui Chen ◽  
Quan Sheng Yan ◽  
Shuang Cong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Data Acquisition System ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
Wireless Data ◽  
Long Span ◽  
Strain Monitoring ◽  
Long Span Bridge ◽  
Wireless Data Acquisition ◽  
The Cost

In order to overcome the disconnection and high cost and maintenance difficulties of the conventional data collection systems for structure monitoring of long span bridge, we developed a low-cost and effective data acquisition system composed of several wireless communication modules connected to vibrating wire type sensors. This system has the function to change conventional wire-based data collector into wireless one instantly. The prototype of wireless data acquisition system for vibrating sensors is described in this paper. Laboratory tests demonstrate that the wireless data acquisition system is of high accuracy and good stability. In addition, the application of this system to the strain monitoring of a large steel box arch shows the wireless data acquisition system with good performance improve the efficiency of data acquisition and reduces the cost of monitoring.

A real time, wireless and low cost data acquisition system for residential PV modules

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheyma BARKA ◽  
Hanen MESSAOUDI-ABID ◽  
Houda BEN ATTIA SETTHOM ◽  
Afef BENNANI-BEN ABDELGHANI ◽  
Ilhem SLAMA-BELKHODJA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Data Acquisition System ◽  
Cost Data ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
Pv Modules

scholarly journals Design and Development of a 5-Channel Arduino-Based Data Acquisition System (ABDAS) for Experimental Aerodynamics Research

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 2382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Vidal-Pardo ◽  
Santiago Pindado
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Data Acquisition System ◽  
High Accuracy ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
Calibration System ◽  
Experimental Aerodynamics ◽  
Accuracy Level ◽  
The Fourier Transform ◽  
Cup Anemometer

In this work, a new and low-cost Arduino-Based Data Acquisition System (ABDAS) for use in an aerodynamics lab is developed. Its design is simple and reliable. The accuracy of the system has been checked by being directly compared with a commercial and high accuracy level hardware from National Instruments. Furthermore, ABDAS has been compared to the accredited calibration system in the IDR/UPM Institute, its measurements during this testing campaign being used to analyzed two different cup anemometer frequency determination procedures: counting pulses and the Fourier transform. The results indicate a more accurate transfer function of the cup anemometers when counting pulses procedure is used.

Load cells calibration with a low cost data acquisition system

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Leineker Ochoski Machado ◽  
Luis Vitorio Gulineli Fachini ◽  
Vitor Otávio Ochoski Machado ◽  
Romeu Miqueias Szmoski ◽  
Thiago Antonini Alves
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Calibration Curve ◽  
Applied Load ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Data Acquisition System ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
Voltage Variation ◽  
Load Cells ◽  
In Series ◽  
Measurement Uncertainties

In the present work, an experimental analysis was performed to obtain the calibration curve of three load cells connected in series. The control of the load applied on a given component is an important factor in some engineering applications, for example, in cases where it is desired to increase the heat exchange between two surfaces. One of the ways to control the applied load is the use of load cells, which has as its principle of use a strain gauge that has its resistance varied when it undergoes a deformation, thus causing a voltage variation due to the application of load. This study used an ArduinoTM microcontroller as a data acquisition system and blocks with known mass for load application.  In this way it was possible to obtain the calibration curve of the load cells by means of linear regression between the mass of the blocks and the data obtained by the ArduinoTM microcontroller and verify their applicability according to their measurement uncertainties.

scholarly journals Low-Cost, High-Frequency, Data Acquisition System for Condition Monitoring of Rotating Machinery through Vibration Analysis-Case Study

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 3493
Author(s):  
César Ricardo Soto-Ocampo ◽  
José Manuel Mera ◽  
Juan David Cano-Moreno ◽  
José Luis Garcia-Bernardo
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Condition Monitoring ◽  
Vibration Analysis ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Data Acquisition System ◽  
Sampling Frequency ◽  
Rotating Machinery ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
Raspberry Pi

Data acquisition is a crucial stage in the execution of condition monitoring (CM) of rotating machinery, by means of vibration analysis. However, the major challenge in the execution of this technique lies in the features of the recording equipment (accuracy, resolution, sampling frequency and number of channels) and the cost they represent. The present work proposes a low-cost data acquisition system, based on Raspberry-Pi, with a high sampling frequency capacity in the recording of up to three channels. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed data acquisition system, a case study is presented in which the vibrations registered in a bearing are analyzed for four degrees of failure.

scholarly journals Development of a Low Cost Data Acquisition System for Milk Powder Production Line Monitoring

1999 ◽  
Vol 82 (9) ◽  
pp. 2039-2048 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Cleary ◽  
M.J. McGrath ◽  
M. Gaiser ◽  
J.F. O’Connor ◽  
M. Everard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Production Line ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Milk Powder ◽  
Data Acquisition System ◽  
Cost Data ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
Powder Production
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