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how Can I calculate Speed if my sensor give me a voltage/meter?

How can I calculate speed if my sensor give me voltage/meter.Here I am getting Voltage data from speedometer

RAVITEJA S

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Hi ravitejashivuni,

 

How can I calculate speed if my sensor give me voltage/meter.

So you get a voltage dependend on a distance?

To get speed you need to calculate "(distance(now) - distance(previous)) / (time interval)" - use a shift register…

 

Here I am getting Voltage data from speedometer

Does your "speedometer" output "speed" - or should it be called "distancometer" instead? 😄

 

Please be clear in your explanations. Attaching a data sheet always helps for such type of questions…

Best regards,
GerdW


using LV2016/2019/2021 on Win10/11+cRIO, TestStand2016/2019
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To convert voltage value to the correct Speed first you should know the voltage out put range of the meter(you will get that in data sheet of the meter),For ex:0 to 5 V corresponds to 0 to 100RPM.Then based on this value you can convert voltage to speed.

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@GerdW wrote:

 

Does your "speedometer" output "speed" - or should it be called "distancometer" instead? 😄

 


Or maybe a Metermeter!

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