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- From: ag963@yfn.ysu.edu (David W. Medberry)
- Subject: Control Systems-Salvaging signals from a DC Tach Generator
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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 20:10:20 GMT
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- Howdy.
- I am involved with a control system design-an anti-skid
- system for an aircraft. This system depends on the output
- from a DC tach generator located in the axle to provide an
- indication of wheel speed. These generators produce DC in
- direct proportion to wheel rotating speed, and also produce
- (undesired) AC noise, most of it proportional in frequency
- to the speed of rotation.
-
- The output of most generators is not too bad (noise levels
- of less than 1 VAC compared to 10 VDC RgoodS output at 80
- knots), and can be cleaned up with some fairly simple
- adaptive FIR filtering.
-
- Note-The filtering is FIR because linear phase simplifies
- the control algorithm and because of the stability problems
- with adaptive IIR.
-
- Some sensors, due to exposure to heat (up to 400 degrees
- Fahrenheit) and wear and tear, output as much as 5 VAC. The
- output of these can be filtered using FIR or IIR methods
- but the amount of filter roll off required and the low
- cutoff frequency causes excessive delays and the control
- algorithm breaks down.
-
- Even with these bad sensors, the signal is highly periodic,
- i. e. the output for each rotation is the same as the last
- if rotating speed has not changed, and the DC part of the
- output is still linearly related to wheel speed. When the
- wheel decelerates (goes into a skid) both the amplitude and
- period will of course change.
-
- It seems reasonable that the periodicity of the signal could
- be used to advantage and a valid representation of wheel
- speed extracted without much time delay if the right
- technique was applied. Some possibilities could be
- (1) Using an adaptive filter which stores previous output
- and compares it with current output.
- (2) Some type of Kalman filter.
-
- We are early in the design and can throw whatever amount of
- CPU resources at the problem that we need (CPU power is
- cheaper than new tach generators), but of course simpler
- solutions are better.
-
- We have had dozens of accidents due to malfunctions of the
- old system, and your help is appreciated greatly. Please
- reply by E-Mail. If a good working solution is developed
- and proven, I will post it.
-
- Send e-mail responses directly to
-
- kingj@oodis01.hill.af.mil
-
- -davone sends for john king
-