Master Thesis Electrical Engineering Thesis no: MEE 98-30 October 1999

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School of Computing Blekinge Institute of Technology 37179 Karlskrona Sweden

This thesis is submitted to the School of Computing at Blekinge Institute of Technology in partial fulllment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. The thesis is equivalent to 20 weeks of full time studies.

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Abstract
Stepped sine is a well established method for measuring frequency response functions. The method oers the advantage of high signal to noise ratio, it is well suited for measuring the behavior of nonlinear systems. One disadvantage is that its time consuming. In a standard test the device under test, is excited by each frequency in turn and the system response is measured. At each frequency the system has to settle before measurements can be made. This thesis presents a application that makes much quicker stepped sine measurement. The application selects certain frequencies to measure and adjust for the behavior of the measured system. Data is gathered from FFT analyzers. None of the intended analyzers allow arbitrary sampling frequencies, hence there will sometimes be a fractional sample. The algorithm accounts for this. The system allows the user to make manual measurements. The communication with the analyzers is done through an ActiveX interface. The application has been implemented using Microsoft VisualC++. The application was developed for the ACE FFT-analyzer, a two input and two output channel FFT analyzer. The results that were achieved showed that the time consumption for a stepped sine measurement can be reduced, using recursive methods and minimizing the amount of measured frequencies. However the analyzers failed to supply the application with correct data, so the results are achieved through simulation.

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Contents
Abstract i

Contents List of Figures List of Tables Introduction

1 Problem Identication

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Analysis
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Implementation
3 Implementation

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Results
4 Problem Identication 5 Conclusions

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Appendix
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Bibliography

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List of Figures

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List of Tables

Introduction

Chapter 1

Problem Identication

Analysis

Chapter 2

Analysis

Implementation

Chapter 3

Implementation

Results

Chapter 4

Problem Identication

Chapter 5

Conclusions

Appendix

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Appendix A

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Bibliography

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