M. Tech. (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) / In this research we compare conventional data acquisition system (DAS) with the embedded data acquisition systems. The performance specifications of 4 different types of DAQ cards are drawn up with special emphasis made on the following parameters: Slew rate, settling time, relative accuracy and system noise. These parameters are taken from 2 conventional DAS and then compared to those taken from 2 embedded data acquisition systems under the same electrical conditions. The embedded DAQ system’s hardware was built using the PIC Microcontroller interfaced to the Digital to Analog Convertors (DAC). MPLAB C18 is used to create a program which communicates with the embedded DAQ system, to transmit generated signals. National Instrument's LabView is used to create a program which communicates with the conventional DAQ system, to acquire external generated signals and retransmit the signals. In most cases the performance of conventional and embedded are close, but one of the embedded DAS seem to be unstable at high frequencies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:13614 |
| Date | 25 June 2015 |
| Creators | Mabunda, Nkateko Eshias |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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