DSP Based Portable Impedance Measurement Instrument Using Sine-Fitting Algorithms

摘要

The development and implementation of a digital signal processor (DSP) based portable impedance measurement instrument is described in this paper. The circuit sinewave stimulus is generated by the device using a direct digital synthesizer at the desired measurement frequency. The sine is applied to a reference impedance in series with the unknown impedance. Two analog to digital converters (ADCs) acquire multiple samples of the two sine voltages which are transmitted to the DSP. Sine-fitting algorithms determine the sine amplitudes, phases, DC components and frequency. From these values and the reference impedance values, the impedance amplitude and phase are determined. Included in the device, amplifiers extend the ADCs input range while a digital potentiometer enables the adjustment of the reference impedance to improve accuracy.