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Task 5
Problem statement:
Design a thermocouple based temperature measurement circuit to convert 0 C to 50C into 0 -
5V. If the temperature exceeds 60C then a LED alarm should glow. Build the circuit using NI
ELVIS board. Test the performance of the circuit. Make measurements to complete the following
table.

Ans.

Designing the circuit:

Rf=1kohm
Rg=1kohm

Therefore A=Vout/Vd
A=5000/22.5
A=222.22

Therefore
R2/R1=222.22

R1=1Mohm
R2=222.22/1.2=185.18Mohm
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S. No Temperature C Thermocouple voltage(mV) Amplifier output (Vo)

Theoretical(V)(approx.) Measured(V)

1 10 0.859
4.5 1
2 20 1.38
9.0 2
3 30 2.677
13.5 3
4 40 3.784
18.0 4
5 50 4.951
22.5 5

For turning the LED after the threshold, a comparator is used. The
threshold is obtained from Instrumentation amplifier.

Task 6

An N type thermocouple is to be used in the measurement system which must provide an output
of 2V at 200C. A solid state temperature sensor system will be used to provide a reference
temperature correction. Temperature sensor has three terminals: supply, output voltage and
ground and the output varies as 8mV/ C. Sensitivity of K-type thermocouple is 50V/C at
200C. Build the circuit in Multisim and simulate the circuit to make measurements and
complete the following table.
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VCC
10V VEE

U1 R1 -10V

1
3 100k
6

2
R6

4
U3
VEE 741 R2
4

995k 2
100k 6
V1 -10V R3
10mV R5 3

7
10k 100k

1
R7 741
VEE
V3 R4
-10V 995k 100k XMM1
100uV U2
4

VCC
2
10V
6

VCC 741
7

10V

Sensitivity=50Uv/c
Temp=0->200
o/p=2V max
V=50(T-0)
=50*200
=10Mv

Therefore gain will be 200

Due to the change in temperature in reference junction, one more sensor is used to compensate
the voltage differences.
Finally, the overall gain is reduced to 160 and a differential amplifier with 1.25 gain is kept in
series to make the temperature sensitivities same.
As,
8mv/50uv=160
And to make the final gain 200
The A2 gain is 200/160= 1.25
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S. Temperature in C Thermocouple Voltage in Solid state Output in V
No. mV sensor voltage
(mV)
Thermocouple Reference Thermocouple Reference Theoretical Simulated
junction TTC junction TRef junction VTC junction VRef
1 200 0 10 50 8 2 1.994
2 200 1 10 100 16 2 1.984
3 200 2 10 150 24 2 1.974
4 200 3 10 200 32 2 1.964
5 200 4 10 250 40 2 1.954
6 200 5 10 300 48 2 1.944