Effect of the rotation of the Slip-Ring
Table of Contents
1 Measurement Description
Random Signal is generated by one DAC of the SpeedGoat.
The signal going out of the DAC is split into two:
- one BNC cable is directly connected to one ADC of the SpeedGoat
- one BNC cable goes two times in the Slip-Ring (from bottom to top and then from top to bottom) and then is connected to one ADC of the SpeedGoat
Two measurements are done.
Data File | Description |
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mat/data_001.mat |
Slip-ring not turning |
mat/data_002.mat |
Slip-ring turning |
For each measurement, the measured signals are:
Data File | Description |
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t |
Time vector |
x1 |
Direct signal |
x2 |
Signal going through the Slip-Ring |
The goal is to determine is the signal is altered when the spindle is rotating.
Here, the rotation speed of the Slip-Ring is set to 1rpm.
2 Load data
We load the data of the z axis of two geophones.
sr_off = load('mat/data_001.mat', 't', 'x1', 'x2'); sr_on = load('mat/data_002.mat', 't', 'x1', 'x2');
3 Analysis
Let's first look at the signal produced by the DAC (figure 1).
figure; hold on; plot(sr_on.t, sr_on.x1); hold off; xlabel('Time [s]'); ylabel('Voltage [V]'); xlim([0 10]);
Figure 1: Random signal produced by the DAC
We now look at the difference between the signal directly measured by the ADC and the signal that goes through the slip-ring (figure 2).
figure; hold on; plot(sr_on.t, sr_on.x1 - sr_on.x2, 'DisplayName', 'Slip-Ring - $\omega = 1rpm$'); plot(sr_off.t, sr_off.x1 - sr_off.x2,'DisplayName', 'Slip-Ring off'); hold off; xlabel('Time [s]'); ylabel('Voltage [V]'); xlim([0 10]); legend('Location', 'northeast');
Figure 2: Alteration of the signal when the slip-ring is turning
dt = sr_on.t(2) - sr_on.t(1); Fs = 1/dt; % [Hz] win = hanning(ceil(1*Fs));
[pxx_on, f] = pwelch(sr_on.x1 - sr_on.x2, win, [], [], Fs); [pxx_off, ~] = pwelch(sr_off.x1 - sr_off.x2, win, [], [], Fs);
Figure 3: ASD of the measured noise
4 Conclusion
Remaining questions:
- Should the measurement be redone using voltage amplifiers?
- Use higher rotation speed and measure for longer periods (to have multiple revolutions) ?