Designing Your First Inductive Position Sensor

Designing Your First Inductive Position Sensor

This class will guide you through the design and implementation steps necessary to build your own linear inductive position sensor using time tested design rules. (Oct 2021)

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About this course

This class will guide you through the design and implementation steps necessary to build your own linear inductive position sensor. Technology fundamentals and a step by step guide to the design process will be introduced so that you can begin designing your own sensor using Microchip sensor libraries and design tools in a short time span. 

Curriculum70 min

  • Syllabus
  • Technology Fundamentals
  • Introduction 2 min
  • How Inductive Sensors Work 5 min
  • Modelling Sensor Transfer Function 16 min
  • Position Sensor Concept 9 min
  • Sensor Design and PCB Layout
  • Interfacing to Sensor IC 7 min
  • Short Recap on the Technology used 2 min
  • Physical Dimensions 2 min
  • Oscillator and Primary Coil Requirements 3 min
  • Primary Coil Routing 1 min
  • Sense Coil Layout 5 min
  • Summary 1 min
  • Kick Starting your Design
  • Requirements Definition and Component Selection 4 min
  • Set Up an Evaluation Environment 2 min
  • Customizing the library sensor 4 min
  • Verification 1 min
  • Programming and Calibration 6 min
  • Your Feedback
  • We need your Feedback

About this course

This class will guide you through the design and implementation steps necessary to build your own linear inductive position sensor. Technology fundamentals and a step by step guide to the design process will be introduced so that you can begin designing your own sensor using Microchip sensor libraries and design tools in a short time span. 

Curriculum70 min

  • Syllabus
  • Technology Fundamentals
  • Introduction 2 min
  • How Inductive Sensors Work 5 min
  • Modelling Sensor Transfer Function 16 min
  • Position Sensor Concept 9 min
  • Sensor Design and PCB Layout
  • Interfacing to Sensor IC 7 min
  • Short Recap on the Technology used 2 min
  • Physical Dimensions 2 min
  • Oscillator and Primary Coil Requirements 3 min
  • Primary Coil Routing 1 min
  • Sense Coil Layout 5 min
  • Summary 1 min
  • Kick Starting your Design
  • Requirements Definition and Component Selection 4 min
  • Set Up an Evaluation Environment 2 min
  • Customizing the library sensor 4 min
  • Verification 1 min
  • Programming and Calibration 6 min
  • Your Feedback
  • We need your Feedback