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BT52i Magnetic Field Sensor User’s Guide
Short description
T
he Magnetic field sensor BT52i measures magnetic field strength. It has two measurement
ranges, -100 .. 500 mT and -10 .. 50 mT, which can be selected using a push button located on
the top of the sensor box. When the push button is pressed down, the range -10 .. 50 mT is
selected, when the push button is in the upper position, the -100 .. 500 mT range is selected.
The Magnetic field sensor uses a Hall-element as its sensing element. This element is mounted
at the tip of the stainless steel tube, at the position 0 cm indicated on the metal tube. The
face of Hall element is directed perpendicular to the direction of the stainless steel tube and
the sensor is most sensitive when the metal tube is positioned parallel to magnetic field lines.
The sensor is therefore very suitable for measuring the magnetic field inside coils, or near
(very strong) permanent magnets. The sensor is less suited to measure the magnetic field in
slit-shaped cavities. Because the output signal of a Hall-element is very small, the Hall-
element is contained in an integrated circuit with a differential amplifier with temperature
compensation in order to get a good quality output signal.
Note:
The values obtained by the sensor will be sensitive to the position in the magnetic field
and the orientation of the sensor to the field direction. A false low value could be achieved if
the direction of magnetic field is not parallel to the direction of the sensor tube.
The CMA Magnetic Field sensor BT52i can be directly connected to the analog BT inputs of the
CMA interfaces. The sensor cable BT - IEEE1394 needed to connect the sensor to an interface
is
not supplied
with the sensor and has to be purchased separately (CMA art. code BTsc_1 or
BTsc_4 ).
Sensor recognition
The Magnetic Field sensor BT52i has a memory chip (EEPROM) with information about the
sensor: its name, measured quantity, unit and calibration. Through a simple protocol this
information is read by the CMA interfaces and the sensor is automatically recognized when it
is connected to these interfaces. Each measurement range of the Magnetic field sensor has
its own EEPROM information. The position of the push button determines which information
is used. To be able to detect to which of the ranges the sensor is set first disconnect the
sensor from an interface, select the desired measurement range with the push button and
then connect the sensor to the interface again.
If your Magnetic Field sensor is not automatically detected by an interface you have to
manually set up your sensor by selecting it from the Coach Sensor Library.
Calibration
The CMA Magnetic Field sensor BT52i is supplied calibrated. The output of the sensor is linear
with respect to the magnetic field strength. The supplied calibration functions are:
-10 .. 50 mT range:
B (mT) = 50 * V
out
(V) - 10
-100 .. 500 mT range:
B (mT) = 500 * V
out
(V) - 100
The Coach software allows selecting the calibration supplied by the sensor memory (EEPROM)
