• 센서학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.331-337
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• 2017

A readout circuit for a tactile sensor pad based on force sensing resistors was proposed, which was composed of an analog signal conditioning circuit and a digital circuit with a microcontroller. The conventional signal conditioning circuit has a dc offset voltage in the output signal, which results from the reference voltage applied to the FSR devices. The offset voltage reduces the dynamic range of the circuit and makes it difficult to operate the circuit under a low voltage power supply. In the proposed signal conditioning circuit, the dc offset voltage was removed completely. The microcontroller with A/D converter and D/A converter was used to enlarge the measurement range of pressure. For this, the microcontroller adjusts the FSR reference voltage according to the resistance magnitude of FSR under pressure. The operation of the proposed readout circuit which was connected to a tactile sensor pad with $5{\times}10$ FSR array was verified experimentally. The experimental results show the proposed readout circuit has the wider measurement range of pressure than the conventional circuit. The proposed circuit is suitable for low voltage and low power applications.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.247-252
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• 2013

An intelligent light emitting diode (LED) dimming system is designed and implemented for energy-saving lighting systems. An LED light bulb is powered by an LED driver controlled by a microcontroller using pulse width modulation (PWM) signals. By changing the duty cycle of the PWM signals, the LED driver generates a driving current of up to 1,000 mA. The current consumption by the LED light bulb exhibits a very linear characteristic that indicates that the level of LED dimming can be finely tuned. Multiple sensors-lighting intensity and ultrasonic range sensors-are combined with the LED dimming system to realize an automatically controllable LED lighting system. The light intensity sensor is capable of sensing ambient light. The ultrasonic range sensor can detect objects from 0.15 to 5.6 m at a resolution of 0.0254 m. The collected information by the light intensity and ultrasonic range sensors is processed by the microcontroller that in turn automatically controls the brightness of the LED light bulb. The algorithm of the software for the LED dimming system is also described.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.2197-2204
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• 2005

The combination of Gas chromatography (GC) for separation and Flame Ionization Detection (FID) for detection and identification of the components of a mixture of compounds is a fast and strongly proved method of analytic chemistry. The objective of this research was to design a combined High-speed miniature screening Gas chromatograph along with a Flame Ionization Detector for quick, quantitative and qualitative analysis of gas components. This combined GC-FID system is suitable to detect the volatile and semi-volatile hydrocarbons present in a gas mixture. The construction made it less expensive, easy to use and movable. The complete gas path was developed. On/off valves, temperature and flow sensors and their interface electronics were used for controlling purpose. A Microcontroller was programmed to measure the temperature and gas flow using the sensors and to control and regulate them using the electronics and valves. A pocket PC with its touch screen served as a user interface for the system. Software was developed for the pocket PC, which makes the communication possible with the Microcontroller. The system parameters can be indicated in the Pocket PC as simple text and also the analysis result can be displayed.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.45-49
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• 2018

Portable microcontroller based measurement unit is demonstrated using digital-to-analog convertor module, analog-to-digital convertor module and additional preamplifier circuit with low-budget but excellent performances. Using the designed measurement unit, the measurement of current below 1 nA with applying voltage up to 5 V is successfully carried out. With the WiFi module in microcontroller, measured data is transferred to the user's computer. To evaluate the performance of the measurement unit, the transfer curve of a commercial N-type field effect transistor was measured with the measurement unit and the results is well consistent with that measured using commercial characterization system.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2014년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.850-852
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• 2014

최근, 사물 지능 통신, 즉 M2M 의 개발이 스마트 홈을 포함한 여러 분야에서 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 기존 사물 지능형 통신에서의 센서노드들의 역할은 정보를 수집하여 상위 어플리케이션으로 전달하는 역할에만 그쳤다. 본 연구에서는 기존 사물 지능형 통신에서의 센서노드들의 제한적인 역할을 개선하여 마이크로 컨트롤러 상에서의 추론이 가능하게 함으로써 센서노드 레벨에서 기본적인 상황인식 서비스를 가능하게 하며 이를 위한 마이크로 컨트롤러 기반의 스마트 홈 전용 규칙기반 추론 시스템의 개발을 제안한다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2004년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(2)
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• pp.597-600
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• 2004

In this paper. the soft IP (Intellectual Property) of pipeline of 32-bit microcontroller for embedded and portable application is presented. This IP supports variable pipeline stage according to the performance that user wants. In this architecture, three pipeline stages are basically employed and extended to the five pipeline stages. To this purpose, control logic has been partitioned to reflect each pipeline stage. FPGA platform is used for rapidly prototyping the IP. This is designed using Verilog HDL

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2004년도 학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.690-692
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• 2004

Differently from an existing analog control, because the digital control includes microprocessor basically, the digital control is enable to monitor internal parameters of DC-DC converter and to control output voltage remotely by communicating with a Windows based PC and also to monitor whether exact voltage is output or not. These things are impossible in an analog control. In this paper, a simple flyback converter is taken as a control target and is controlled by a microcontroller(TMS320F2812). This converter can make variable outputs 1.8V to 5V from 30V input voltage remotely in PC. Finally the response characteristics of a step reference voltage and in a steady state are experimented to verify the feasibility and the usefulness of this digital controlled converter.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.98-104
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• 2003

This paper proposes the design of a multi-color lamp using high brightness RGB LEDs for color variation. Appropriate number of RGB LEDs is so chosen according to the color mixing theory that the overall LEDs represent a color temperature of 6500K. Also, the chosen RGB LEDs are suitably arranged by using an optical design program. The lamp has an internal controller circuit, so it can be directly connected to the existing incandescent lamp socket. It's main body is comprised of two PCB layers. The upper layer contains 44 LEDs and the lower one has a simple microcontroller-based PWM control circuit. The lamp has functions of both ON/OFF control and PWM control, and enables color variation of over 100,000 colors and of more than 10 patterns.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.90-96
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• 2006

본 논문은 단상 SRM의 고역률 구동에 관한 연구이다. 단상 SRM은 구조가 단순하고, 견고하며, 전력회로가 간단하고, 고속운전특성이 우수하다. 다이오드 정류기와 필터용 링크 커패시터로 구성된 종래의 단상 SRM 구동방식은 대용량 커패시터의 충 방전 전류에 의해 역률이 크게 저하되는 문제가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 부가적인 능동회로가 없는 1단방식의 고역률 SRM 구동드라이브와 스위칭 토플로지를 제안한다. 제안한 구동드라이브와 스위칭 토플로지는 다양한 수치시뮬레이션과 마이크로 콘트롤러기반의 단상 SRM의 구동실험을 통해 그 타당성을 입증하였다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.217-223
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• 2007

This paper introduces an active sensing node using radio-frequency (RF) telemetry. This device has brought the traditional impedance-based structural health monitoring (SHM) technique to a new paradigm. The RF active sensing node consists of a miniaturized impedance measuring device (AD5933), a microcontroller (ATmega128L), and a radio frequency (RF) transmitter (XBee). A macro-fiber composite (MFC) patch interrogates a host structure by using a self-sensing technique of the miniaturized impedance measuring device. All the process including structural interrogation, data acquisition, signal processing, and damage diagnostic is being performed at the sensor location by the microcontroller. The RF transmitter is used to communicate the current status of the host structure. The feasibility of the proposed SHM strategy is verified through an experimental study inspecting loose bolts in a bolt-jointed aluminum structure.