07-14-2013 02:26 PM
I have a sbRio 9612 that I am using for pulling in a vibration and digital tach signal. All the examples I find are all based of delta sigma modules and from my understanding the built in analog and digital inputs on the 9612 use the top level 40Mhz clock. So, what is the easiest way to get a tach profile pushed through from the digital inputs to the real time?
Thanks,
Eric.
07-14-2013 09:19 PM
You might consider a review of these:
http://sine.ni.com/cs/app/doc/p/id/cs-816
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/372416F-01/svtconcepts/svdigtacho/
http://www.ni.com/white-paper/3230/en
07-14-2013 10:17 PM
07-15-2013 08:50 AM
The time stamps used by the Digital Tachometer VIs in our Order Analysis Libraries are actually event counts, counts of the clock pulses driving the A/D channel.
So lets say you are using the 40Mhz clock to pace the A/D (software timed in the FPGA) at 20kHz. You could count 20kHz clock pulses (the AI convert logic) or any multiple of 20kHz.
The counts (an array of integers, one count for each pulse detected) is then fed into the DMA fifo and used by the digital tachometer functions from the order analysis library in the Sound and Vibration measurement Suite.
Let us know if this helps.
07-15-2013 09:14 AM
07-16-2013 05:12 PM
I think that is right, just replace the "mod1 timebase" input to the U32 counter with your reference pulse from the A/D loop.
07-17-2013 04:53 PM
Preston, I found an example of yours that might make things even easier for me. I found this message of yours: http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Order-analysis-speed-profile-from-measured-data-in-Hz/td-p/2229528
I pretty much have the same thing, at least as it currently sits, I have an RPM signal that comes in from a scada system. So, for now instead of trying to build our system to have a seperate speed pickup I wanted to use your example. However, I don't understand what I need to fill in your "TACHO SCADA" vi. I am reading in the vibration data and doing and FFT for magnitude versus speed, and after that wish to do an order analysis so I can get the magnitudes of the 0.5, 1, 2, 3, and 4 multiple's. Also, I am sampling at 32500 Hz on the FPGA.
So, in the picture of my code below, if I know my rotational speed is 3600 rpm, how do I need to give that to the "TACHO SCADA" vi to make the speed profile?
Sorry for probably asking dumb questions on this and thanks for your help.
Eric.
07-17-2013 05:14 PM
Here are a couple of comments.
1) for your waveform data coming from the FPGA, you should consider the waveform reference design for CompactRIO:
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/6206
this will insure your data is consistantly and accurately recorded, and that you do NOT burdon the CompactRIO controller with converting to floating point from fixed point
2) if you speed does not change, then you do not need a speed input at all, you can simply perform a power in band measurement on the FFT to get the magnitude (and phase) information you need, based on the power in band measurements.
3) If your speed changes, you will need to read the speed from the control system (SCADA) as fast as you can, and time stamp the speed values from the controller. The SCADA tool then outputs a square wave analog pulse that can be used by the NI Order Analysis tools
http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/12050
Hope this helps
07-17-2013 11:10 PM
Preston, your point number 1 is a great link. I will start implementing that as soon as I can get the order analysis working.
As for the speed, it does change, but not very fast. So, I have 2 clarification questions. What format should the time stamp values be, actual time stamps, time since the last point ect? Also, should I read and fill the data at the same rate as the actual vibration data is being grabbed, or does that matter? I guess that leads to one more question, what is a reasonable number of values to have in the array?
Thanks again,
Eric.
07-18-2013 11:20 PM