Applied Instrumentation, ER4706 – Assessment 1

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Submission Rules 

The assignment should be your own work and written in your own words. It will be checked for similarity using Turnitin. Any plagiarism or copying from others will be dealt with through the university’s plagiarism procedures. 

Your assignment must be submitted electronically via BlackBoard (Assignments tab) by the submission time and date. The report should be contained in a Word document, or PDF No other means of submission will be accepted. The software code will be submitted independently. 

Any assignment submitted late, but within 5 working days of the deadline, will be given a maximum mark of 50%. Assignments submitted more than 5 working days after the deadline will not be marked, and a mark of 0% will be recorded. 

Learning Outcome to be assessed: 

1 Demonstrate the ability to select and use sensors and transducers typically 

used in advanced engineering applications 

2 Apply appropriate engineering analysis methods in practical aspects of sensor 

use 3 Collect and analyse research data and to use appropriate engineering analysis 

tools in tackling instrumentation and measurement systems 

4 Use virtual instrumentation and virtual simulation tools to design and critically 

analyse applied instrumentation systems 

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Applied Instrumentation, ER4706 – Assessment 1 2019/20 

Task: ‘Global-Technologies’, is a system engineering company that develops measurement systems for different industries to support a wide range of applications. 

You have been asked as an engineer in the ‘Global- Technologies’ company, to design and develop a measurement system that is able to demonstrate the operation of crane 'Load Moment Indicator' (LMI) system using sensors model. The measurement system includes the measurement of crane boom length, boom angle, load, outrigger position, and driver cabinet temperature. 

Provide a detailed, professional report for your director that contains the following: 

1- A review of different LMI systems used in cranes industry including their main elements. 

Source: http://www.basilcranes.com/ 

2- A design of a typical LMI system that incorporates the measurement of crane parameters including boom length, boom angle, load, outriggers position, and temperature. The system design should include DAQ/ microcontroller and any other required elements for a typical LMI system. 

3- A measurement software program (LabVIEW/ C++) that can be used to provide the following parameters, log the measurement data, and give warning alarms when limits of the following parameters are exceeded. 

? Boom length ? Outriggers position ? Load ? Driver cabinet temperature 4- Experimental results and critical analysis that evaluate two sensors of the LMI 

system using the NI DAQ and NI LabVIEW software. 

5- An evaluation of signal conditioning elements that are required to measure the 

load using strain gauges. 

6- Proposal for the next phases of development to include the following: 

A. Using of a low-cost controller instead of the current one 

B. Other methods of data transmissions; wireless or wired data transmission, 

and use of the Internet of Things 

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Assessment Criteria 

The Department’s Principles of Assessment will be used to determine grading levels. 

1 A review of different LMI systems used in cranes including their main 

elements. 

20% 

2 A design of a typical LMI system that incorporates the measurement 

of crane parameters including boom length, boom angle, load, outriggers position, and temperature of the driver cabinet. The system design should include DAQ/ controller and any other required elements for a typical LMI system. 

10% 

3 A measurement software program (LabVIEW/ C++) that can be used 

to provide the following parameters, log the measurement data, and give warning alarms when limits of the following parameters are exceeded; boom length, outriggers position, temperature and load 

20% 

4 Experimental results and critical analysis that evaluate two sensors of 

the LMI system using the NI DAQ and NI LabVIEW software. 

10% 

5 An evaluation of signal conditioning elements that are required to 

measure the load using strain gauges. 

10% 

6 - A Proposal for the next phases of development to include the use of a 

low-cost controller instead of the current one. 

10% 

6 - B Proposal for the next phases of development to include the use of other methods of data transmissions; wireless or wired data transmission, and Internet of Things. 

10% 

7 Report presentation, structure, clarify of information, use of 

references.