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Comparing two vibration sensors

Our ME 633 team assembled a two sensor vibration setup and compared three channels recorded in LabVIEW. I took part in the assembly and contributed discussion and analysis of the recorded response and sensitivity.

Where
Wichita State University
When
Spring 2016
My contribution
Team assembly and analysis
Project tools
LabVIEW, Arduino, sensors, Excel

Reading the recorded response

Three voltage channels plotted against sample index
Three raw voltage channels replotted from the preserved export. The file contains 1,022 samples, numbered 4310 through 5331.Open larger ↗
2Sensors compared
3Recorded channels
1,022Samples in the saved run

My part in the project

I helped assemble the setup with the team and contributed the discussion and analysis. I compared how the two sensors responded to vibration and discussed the differences in sensitivity. The side by side traces make the response of each sensor easier to examine than a single peak value.

The Keyestudio sensor provided analog and digital outputs. The MiniSense provided the other sensor response. The signals here are recorded voltages, so the comparison is about the observed sensor output.

The original LabVIEW record

Original LabVIEW output with three signal channels
Original LabVIEW output from the team experiment.Open larger ↗
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