Design and Characterization of Water Level Detector Using MW22B Multi-Turn Potentiometer

摘要

It has been designed and characterized the water level detector using MW22B Multi-Turn Potentiometer. The electrical angle of potentiometer used has been characterized, that is 3600°±7° and its linearity independent is ±0.25%. The realized system consists of three parts; mechanical system of sensor, signal conditioning circuit and output system. The mechanical system of sensor is destined to convert linearly the value of potentiometer resistance to the water level variation. The signal conditioning consists of analog and digital system especially microcontroller circuit. The value of water level measured is shown on the 2×16 characters LCD. The range of measured water level is 0 - 2.7 m that correspond to the potentiometer resistance range of 100Ω-100 kΩ. The obtained vertical resolution of instrument is about 0.03 m and the error of system is ～1.11%.