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04/21/06 18:29
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#114701 - Weekend off topic and My homework
...fuel gauges in vehicles usually work by having a float on an arm in the tank, with a potentiometer driven by the arm. The resistance changes the current flowing in an ammeter circuit.

In a standard, rectangular tank, the volume is a linear function of depth.

In a DRUM like tank, on its side, the volume/depth function is co-sinusoidal.

Since any fool can linearise it with an 8052, I was wondering about using LINEAR electronics, whats the simplest way of linearising the transfer function ?
nominally.
O Ohms = full
500 Ohms = empty.


Steve

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Weekend off topic and My homework            01/01/70 00:00      
   one would imagine ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Simplest            01/01/70 00:00      
      a memory old enough to be carbon dated :            01/01/70 00:00      
         near enough            01/01/70 00:00      
            Dang... He took all the fun out of it.            01/01/70 00:00      
               Not Quite            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Oh yea, right            01/01/70 00:00      
   HUH            01/01/70 00:00      
   Pure cosine?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Granted            01/01/70 00:00      
         Bending of curve            01/01/70 00:00      
            Good ideas            01/01/70 00:00      
               Yes, but only if totaly empty!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  LPG            01/01/70 00:00      
                     LPG            01/01/70 00:00      
               who gives a s... about precision            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Inaccuracy            01/01/70 00:00      
                     I would imagine that designing something            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Analogue            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Sketch!            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Arm            01/01/70 00:00      

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