Digital Fuel Level
When you enter the term above in Google you get a variety of responses most of them showing a display indicating fuel as a digit value on a screen.
What this is a numerical manipulation of the the analog signal that most fuel level senders provide as an output:
Simple electronic analog values are the tradition for fuel level measurment.
Digital output at the Sender is Unique - there are several aftermarket Capacitive Sensors in the Marine industry or Telematics that use a conditioned digital output. There are conversion processes for these senders - temperature compensation signal conditioning maybe a de- bounce (smoothing) function.
Capacitive senders take an analog signal give it a binary component and communicate the signal.
What if the native language of the sensor were digital in that each fuel level was represented by a binary stream - natively No conversion - no compensation - and if non contact
No issues with Fuel quality or Fuel type - NONE .
In fact no compatibility issues with the measured liquid in question whatsoever
When Fuel is Important or Critical to Operation
Fuel level is important but what if knowing how much remained meant the difference between an inconvenience or something more significant.
The manner in which we handle the digital output signal is proven in aviation applications -
Signal integrity is paramount - in an environment where static charge and exposure to radiated fields would bring most fuel level systems to their knees. If you couple the requirements for vibration shock and the extremes in temperature - it is surprising that any fuel level sender works at all in aviation.
So why Digital
Imagine a level sender that thrives in the critical aviation environment and think what it could do for your application.
When you enter the term above in Google you get a variety of responses most of them showing a display indicating fuel as a digit value on a screen.
What this is a numerical manipulation of the the analog signal that most fuel level senders provide as an output:
Simple electronic analog values are the tradition for fuel level measurment.
- Resistance
- Capacitance
- In the case of Reed Switches - Current or No Current.
Digital output at the Sender is Unique - there are several aftermarket Capacitive Sensors in the Marine industry or Telematics that use a conditioned digital output. There are conversion processes for these senders - temperature compensation signal conditioning maybe a de- bounce (smoothing) function.
Capacitive senders take an analog signal give it a binary component and communicate the signal.
What if the native language of the sensor were digital in that each fuel level was represented by a binary stream - natively No conversion - no compensation - and if non contact
No issues with Fuel quality or Fuel type - NONE .
In fact no compatibility issues with the measured liquid in question whatsoever
When Fuel is Important or Critical to Operation
Fuel level is important but what if knowing how much remained meant the difference between an inconvenience or something more significant.
The manner in which we handle the digital output signal is proven in aviation applications -
Signal integrity is paramount - in an environment where static charge and exposure to radiated fields would bring most fuel level systems to their knees. If you couple the requirements for vibration shock and the extremes in temperature - it is surprising that any fuel level sender works at all in aviation.
So why Digital
- The level output is provided continually -
- The Fuel Level is reported over and over again to the gauge or display
- The signal does not suffer from signal loss or interference
- Either the complete signal is transmitted or nothing at all
- Not effected by voltage variation
- Many more data points to map the fuel tank
- 3,800 distinct points for 80 degrees of travel possible
- No Temperature Effects
- No compensation
- The device will output fluid temperature if required
- Failure is hard and the results predictable
- False signaling of tank volume due to wear is virtually eliminated.
Imagine a level sender that thrives in the critical aviation environment and think what it could do for your application.
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