The selected oscilloscope for this project is the GW-Instek (Model GDS-3152) Digital Storage Oscilloscope with a sampling rate of 150 MHz, as shown in Figure 38.
Figure 38. GW-Instek oscilloscope
The oscilloscope has a function to save the screenshots of the plots, as well as the 48 sampling data in the form of Excel file, which can be used for further analysis. The oscilloscope can also be linked directly to the computer for ease of data retrieval.
This is a digital storage oscilloscope that has a function to save the screenshots of the plots, as well as the 48 sampling data in the form of Excel file, which can be used for further analysis. The oscilloscope can also be linked directly to the computer …show more content…
How the waveform is displayed on the oscilloscope’s screen
3.2.1.2 Features and Specifications
The oscilloscope combines a lot of features and its interface has many specifications and they are as the following:
Performance
1) High sampling rate: up to 5GSa/s real-time(4GSa/s GDS-350X), 100GSa/ s equivalent time
2) Deep memory: 25K points record …show more content…
The output pressure response from this sensor is 10 pC/psi, which is then converted by an In-Line Charge Converter (Model 422E35) also from PCB Piezotronics. The inline charge amplifier converts the signal with a gain of 0.99 mV/pC. Therefore, the final calibration factor used for converting the transducer signal to pressure is 6.238 mV/psi. Figure 40 shows both the pressure sensor and the charge converter.
Figure 40. PCB pressure transducer and PCB charge converter
The in-cylinder pressure and crank angle position are obtained by AVL QH 33D water cooled piezoelectric pressure transducer and PALAZZOLI digital shaft encoder; the output of the pressure transducer is amplified by an AVL charge amplifier and then the output signals displayed on Instek GDS-3152 Digital Storage Oscilloscope with 150 MHz sampling rate. The accuracy of this pressure transducer is ±13 mV/bar .Figure 41 demonstrates the shape of the used pressure