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Thank You for Your respond.
Yes, I would to use Your solution.
1. Proper power supply – dual polarity symmetrical power supply + /-12v correct?
2. please help me calculate the three resistors of the divider to limit voltage of the output signal to 3,3V
3. How to calculate proper resistor which need to be connected between the 12 volts?.
4.OK
Best Regards,
Rispondo in italiano perché mi viene più facile. Hai trovato difficoltà a tradurre il mio messaggio?
Riguardo al partitore, eccolo qui:
https://www.theremino.com/images/Adapter_12-bipolar_to_3.3-single.jpg
Se userai gli ADC del Master fai attenzione che, superando 0.3 volt negativi, o 3.6 volt positivi, la comunicazione con l’USB potrebbe interrompersi. Non si rompe niente ma potrebbe essere un fastidioso problema. Invece l’Adc24 e il NetModule sono più tolleranti.
Thank You for quick answer.
Message is clear for me – google translator works well:)
I would to use ADC24 module to get maximum resolution.
summarizing:
> connect power supply +12(D) -12(E); GND -Power COM.(C) to my geophone
> connect geophone to voltage divider
velocity signal output(A) 12v -to V1,V2
signal COM. (B) – to V1,V2
>connect voltage divider output ADC to Pin signal 1 of ADC24 module ;
geophone signal COM. (B) – to Pin Ref. 1 of ADC24 module ;
>connect ADC24 module to Master module acc. to ADC24 manual
>All cables shielded.
Please corect me if something is missing or misanderstooded.
Thank You for help.
Best Regards,
– Connect power supply +12(D) -12(E) to geophone
– Connect power supply GND to geophone GND
– Connect geophone GND to GND (all triangular symbols)
– Connect velocity-out to “INPUT” (resistor R1)
– Connect 12 volt positive power supply to V2 (resistor R2)
– Connect “ADC” out to one of the 16 Adc24 inputs
– Connect Adc24 GND to GND (all triangular symbols)
– Connect ADC24 module to Master module acc. to ADC24 manual
Providing to position the resistors near to the Adc24 it is not necessary to use shielded cables.
The only cable that needs to be shielded is the long cable that goes to the geophone (if it is long more that some meters). With a shialded cable the geophone cable could be long 100 meters and more.
Remember that the 12 volt positive, connected to the resistor R2, must be stable and low noise.
Hello,
Thank You for responsd a lot. I have last but not list:
1.Geophone s-500 has pin out “SIGNAL COM.” And “SHIELD AND POWER COM.” which one should I use as geophone GND?
2.what I need to do to cuttoff high frequency?. I would to measure only low frequency the best will be range 0 to 50Hz.
3. Is it possible to use somehow Your’s wifi module with ADC24 without influence to measured results?
4. Can I connect Theremino Master by UART USB with Ni MyRio 1900?
Best Regards,
1) Connect the SIGNAL-COM to GND (resistors GND and Adc24 GND)
2) Your geophone has a band pass of 100 Hz. Reducing it to 50 Hz will not change significantly the measures. Anyway, to filter (approx -3B at 50 Hz) you could add a 2.2uF capacitor from ADC to GND (in parallel to the R3 resistor). The capacitor could be a polyester type (not electrolitic and not ceramic).
3) I do not understand this question. Our Wifi module, called NetModule, is NOT connectable to the Adc24.
4) The theremino Master is only connectable to a PC (or Tablet) with Windows operating system. On the PC (or Tablet), only the HAL application is capable to read the Master data, via USB. To connect the Master to a non-Window device you should write an application similar to our HAL, a very, very long work, also for an expert programmer who knows perfectly that device.
Thank You for help a lot. You mention that I need stable power supply +/-12VDC with low noise. I found Tracopower tvn3-1222 DC-DC converter 3W with ripple and noise: 10mVp-p.
https://www.tme.eu/pl/Document/67cfcd470a55ea647fc1ff779c263b38/tvn3-datasheet.pdf
I would to use it for geophone and voltage divider.It will be good enough?
Probably the geophone supply is internally stabilized and is not influenced by power supply instability and noise.
For the voltage divider the “regulation” (about 1%) is OK, but the noise (about 10 mV) could add a significant noise to the measured signal. Or maybe not, because of the high frequency of the ripple caused by the switching supply.
Eventually, try to supply the resistor R2 with a separate 12 volt (a bench stabilized power supply). If the noise decreses, we will find some solution to eliminate the 12 volt noise.
1) First solution could be, to add a 100 ohm resistor, and then a capacitor to ground (1000 uF 25 volt electrolitic) before the R2resistor.
2) A second, and more powerful, solution could be to add a 9 volt regulator (78L09) between the 12 volt and R2, and then recalculate the divider resistors.
Hello,
I think that I found better converter: 1W +/-12VDC with ripple and noise max 8mVp-p , typical 6.7mVp-p and acc. specification note ripple can be decreased to 5mVp-p when proper capacitor and inductor is applied to output.
https://pl.mouser.com/datasheet/2/281/kdc_nmv-10836.pdf
I would to use as power source battery pack ( 5V) . I would like to use the proposed solution to additionally reduce the noise by adding a regulator (78L09) but how to recalculate these resistors?. I admit that I’m not too familiar with electronics at this level. Could You help?
Do not use a battery pack, the 5 volt of the USB is better.
Resistor values with a 9 volt regulator connected before the R2:
– R1 = 10k
– R2 = 7.5k
– R3 = 2k
You could compose the 7.5k and 2k resistor using two normal resistor in parallel.
In internet you will find many utilities to calculate paralleled resistors.
For example you could create them with the following resistors:
7.5k with 8200 and 82000 resistors
2k with 2200 and 22000 resistors
Thank You a lot:) I will feedback when it will work.
Hello,
It works! :)
I connect signal “ADC” to ADC24 input and GND to ADC24 GND .
How to connect another geophone -this one is not this same, this is geophone without external power supply Mark products L-4, 2 cables ? When I disconect first geophone I can use L-4 by connecting it to ADC24 inputs (input 1, input 2) and it works properly, but if both are connected to ADC24 there is some conflict.
Best Regards,
Il secondo lo devi collegare a IN3 e IN4 e configurarlo come “Differential”
Non devono esserci conflitti, hai sbagliato qualcosa, forse gli Slot, ricontrolla tutto.
Hello,
You have right. Now both working fine. First should has configured INP 1 as” pseudo differential” second geophone as You mention should have configured INP3, INP4 as “differential”.
Thank You.
Hi Livio.
I’ve read your reply in 2015 concerning a question about magnetometers and gradiometers. I intend to build both but as you said yourself, at least up to 2015, there were none built. So I hope you can clarify some doubts. The PDF document by Joseph Carr mentions AD557, LM2917, etc. but the theremino text says nothing of these are necessary and in fact could affect stability. So all that is needed is the geomagnetic adapter and the master.
For a gradiometer for instance, as I understand, the sensors go to a schmitt trigger type such as a 74HC14 then to a flipflop like 74LS74 and then to the system pin theremino.
In the original PDF, this last part goes to a freq.to voltage converter. But if this is not used, then the changes in magnetic field will be monitored trough frequency changes of the sensors.
This is more or less clear so far to me. But once the output reaches the theremino master and goes to a computer with HAL, then what happens? How can I monitor the signals? Is a special software required? Do I need to design one? What about 3D visualization?
Also regarding bluetooth connection? How is it accomplished?
Thanks for your reply in advance. I am new to the theremino world and I am just starting to get everything together.
ENGLISH
These questions are difficult to answer. My advice is to open some of our applications and try them.
Starting from:
– Slot viewer (open two and find out that they communicate through the Slots)
– Signal Scope (move the slots with the Slot Viewer and view the changes)
– Wave Generator (use it to send waveforms to Slots)
Then you could buy a Master and try it with him, but you don’t need to spend. You can also understand the system using only software applications.
The complete list of the applications is here:
https://www.theremino.com/en/applications
ITALIAN
E’ difficile rispondere a queste domande. Il mio consiglio è di aprire alcune nostre applicazioni e provarle.
Iniziando da:
– Slot viewer (aprine due e scopri che comunicano attraverso gli Slot)
– Signal Scope (muovi gli slot con lo Slot Viewer e visualizzi le variazioni)
– Wave Generator (utilizzalo per inviare forme d’onda agli Slot)
Poi potresti acquistare un Master e provare anche con lui, ma non è necessario spendere. Puoi capire il sistema anche utilizzando solo applicazioni software.
La lista completa delle applicazioni è qui:
https://www.theremino.com/applications
salve e’ possibile usare theremino come board per acquisire segnali per costruire un georadar , secondo voi e’ meglio usare uno o due fgm come acquisitori o usare un sistema rf con trasmettittore e ricevitore tipo metal detector per il software da pc opterei su dolfrag
La velocità di campionamento del nostro sistema (massimo 500 campioni al secondo) non è sufficiente per i georadar. Quindi il nostro Adc24, i nostri moduli Master e IotModule, e le nostre applicazioni HAL e IotHAL non si possono usare.
Per fare un georadar bisogna fare tutto dentro a un microcontrollore, non su un PC come facciamo noi, e solo alla fine i risultati possono andare verso il PC, via linea seriale e attraverso l’USB.
Un modulo adatto per fare queste cose potrebbe essere Arduino Nano, ma ci vuole anche molta elettronica ad alta frequenza. E i risultati che si possono ottenere sono abbastanza scarsi, qui puoi vedere degli esempi di cosa si vede anche in casi semplici (un ponte):
https://hackaday.io/project/175115-gprino
Salve a tutti. Un chiarimento. Vorrei predisporre un piccolo sismometro con un accelerometro adxl335 usando anche il Theremino ADC24. Nelle istruzioni dell’adc24, a pagnia 17, vi è la foto di tre condensatori da 1uF di colore azzurro. Scusate la domanda: ma di che tipo sono? Grazie
Basta che non siano elettrolitici (non devono avere polarità + e -)
Se li vuoi molto piccoli prendi dei ceramici SMD con case 0805
Altrimenti i soliti ceramici a goccia o quelli piatti.
Quelli azzurri della foto sono condensatori ceramici con i due fili che escono di fianco.
Ce ne sono anche coni fili che escono in asse.
Oppure altri più cicciotti che sembrano una grossa goccia di vernice.
Basta che siano ceramici e da 1 uF e vanno tutti bene.
Perfetto. Grazie
Non consiglio di usare accelerometri già testati in passato) ma di scarsa sensibilità ( anche quelli relativamente costosi ) usare geofoni da 4,5 Hz, anche 1 solo verticale.
In https://comunitadigeologia.blogspot.com/ ci sono alcuni progetti con accelerometri, progetti abbandonati.