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Sun 05 November 2006

The majority of the day was spent working with the Hall Effect sensors. The default Scale & Offset factors (186 & 357) seems to be way out.

By taking a known current source (a landing light in this case = 6.4 amps) and measuring the volt output a better understanding can be gained - and calibrartion.


The 'measured' amps is then multipled up by passing the lead through multiple times. One of the first observations is the B side is linear upto and including the 13 passes (84amps) but the A side gets saturated at about 60amps. I not sure if this is just manufacturing variation or a 'bad' sensor - to my mind it is well outside manufacturing tollerances.

A table was then made for the measured values and I used Excel to goal seek the best fit number for the scale factor and then calculated the offset last. I also found the EIS can take 'big' offset and factor numbers, if you multiple up the SF / SO by 10 decimal values can then be used. My test results are below:

Turns	AMP	A Volts	Book A	Cal A	B Volts	Book B	Cal B
0	0	2.39	-1	0.4	2.39	0	0.4
1	6.4	2.62	17	6.8	2.49	7	6.8
2	12.8	2.85	34	13.3	2.59	15	13.2
3	19.2	3.08	51	19.7	2.69	22	19.6
4	25.6	3.32	69	26.1	2.79	30	26.0
5	32	3.55	86	32.5	2.89	37	32.6
6	38.4	3.80	105	39.4	2.99	45	38.9
7	44.8	4.02	121	45.4	3.09	52	45.5
8	51.2	4.23	137	51.2	3.19	59	51.6
9	57.6	4.49	156	58.4	3.29	67	58.0
10	64	4.72	173	64.7	3.39	74	64.3
11	70.4	4.74	175	65.2	3.49	81	70.6
12	76.8	4.74	175	65.2	3.59	89	77.2
13	83.2	4.74	175	65.2	3.69	97	83.7

Factor			186	688		186	1602
EIS Offset		357	1305		357	3057
Offset			-179	-652		-179	-1528
For reference the equation is: Result = (Value * ScaleFactor / 2.5) + ScaleOffset So we have 'an option' but the A side is still a concern.

Dad did a few bits on the firewall forward wiring - the crimps weren't going down very well - some replacements need plus some thought.
Everything basically working, auto pilot ARINC feed still got some questions about. Fixed the GTX327 altitude encoder feed - mistake in configuration - the documentation was right this time.
Carl Morgan