The main unit incorporates all necessary equipment for use with the eleven experiment kits. A socketed industry-standard 8031 microcontroller is fitted to the system, along with a monitor EPROM, and may be programmed from an IBM compatible personal computer by way of an RS-232 link.

The main unit also contains a 12-bit analogue to digital converter and 12-bit digital to analogue converter, as well as amplifiers and a multi-rail power supply.

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KL-600 EXPERIMENTS MODULES

The KL-600 system contains the seventeen experiment modules and all load units necessary to conduct a wide range of experiments. These combine to make the following eleven distinct experiment kits:

 

Sensor and General Transducer Characteristics

 

Temperature Transducer Experiments

 

Humidity Transducer Experiments

 

Load Cell Transducer Experiments

 

LVDT Transducer Experiments

 

Photovoltaic Transducer Experiments

 

Linear Scale Experiments

 

Infrared Transducer Experiments

 

Ultrasonic Transducer Experiments

 

Pressure Sensor Experiments

 

V/F, F/V Converter Experiments

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LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

The full list of experiments performed using the above experiment kits and detailed in the experiment manual are:

1. Characteristics of Various Sensors:
   A. Photodiode
   B. Photo-interruptor
   C. Magnetic sensor
   D. Pyroelectric detector
   E. Thermistor
   F. Reed switch
   G. Inclination sensor
   H. Limit switch
   I. Mercury switch
   J. Vibration switch
   K. Condenser Microphone
   L. Dynamic Microphone

    

2. General Sensor Characteristics Experiments
   A. Gas/smoke detector
   B. Ethanol sensor
   C. Hall-effect (analogue)
   D. Hall-effect (digital)

    

3. AD590 Temperature Transducer Experiments
   A. AD590 characteristics and converter circuit
   B. Boiler temperature control
   C. Digital thermometer
   D. Computer I/O interface control
   E. Single-chip microprocessor control

    

4. Thermocouple Temperature Transducer Experiments
   A. Thermocouple characteristics curve and converter circuit
   B. Fire alarm
   C. Digital thermometer
   D. Computer I/O interface control
   E. Single-chip microprocessor control

    

5. PT-100 Temperature Transducer Experiments A. PT-100 resistor-temperature characteristics measurement
   B. Fire alarm
   C. Digital thermometer
   D. Computer I/O interface control
   E. Single-chip microprocessor control

    

6. Humidity Transducer Experiments
   A. Humidity transducer characteristics and converter circuit
   B. Greenhouse humidity control
   C. Digital thermometer
   D. Computer I/O interface control
   E. Single-chip microprocessor control

    

7. Load-Cell Weight Measurement Experiments
   A. Load cell characteristics and converter circuit
   B. Weight measurement
   C. Digital scales
   D. Computer I/O interface control
   E. Single-chip microprocessor control

    

8. LVDT Transducer Experiments
   A. LVDT characteristics and converter circuit
   B. Position measurement
   C. Distance measurement
   D. Computer I/O interface control
   E. Single-chip microprocessor control

    

9. Photovoltaic Transducer Experiments
   A. Photovoltaic transducer characteristics and converter circuit
   B. Characteristics of various light sources
   C. Automatic lighting
   D. Digital luxmeter
   E. Computer I/O interface control
   F. Single-chip microprocessor control

    

10. Linear Scale Experiments
    A. Characteristics of linear scale
    B. Measurement of movements
    C. Computer I/O interface control

     

11. Infrared Transducer Experiments
    A. AC/DC characteristics
    B. Counter
    C. Infrared remote control

     

12. Ultrasonic Transducer Experiments
    A. Ultrasound characteristics measurement
    B. Motion detector

     

13. Pressure Sensor Experiments
    A. Zero-pressure input characteristics
    B. Full-scale pressure measurement
    C. Over-pressure alarm

     

14. V/F, F/V Converter Experiments
    A. VFC/FVC characteristics
    B. Computer I/O interface control
    C. Programmable time pulse generation

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SPECIFICATIONS

KL-600 Main Unit
Fixed DC Power Supply	Voltage range: +5V, -5V, +12V and -12V Maximum current output: 3A for +5V rail, 1.5A for +12V rail, 300mA for others Output overload protection
Interface Ports	RS-232C interface, 25-pin D-type connector PIO interface, 25-pin D-type connector Bus and PIO interface, 60-pin connector
Single-Chip Processor	8031 microcontroller fitted in ZIF socket 8 control lines DRAM used for adjustable sensor reference value
EPROM	2764 or equivalent fitted in ZIF socket
Status Display	(1) Input voltage measurement Range: 2000mV, 20V Accuracy: ±0.05% of reading + 4 counts Input impedance: 10MW Display: 4½ digits (2)Sensor input measurement Sensor types: TEMP, %RH, LUX, WEIGHT, AUX Accuracy: ±0.05% of reading + 4 counts Display: 4½ digits
Preset Level	4-digit thumbwheel switch Maximum value: 4095
D/A Converter	One 12-bit DAC Resolution: 1.22mV/bit Analogue output and control: OUT + : +DC OFFSET 0V ~ +4.096V unipolar OUT - : -DC OFFSET 0V ~ -4.096V unipolar OUT BP: DC OFFSET -2.048V ~ +2.048V bipolar
A/D Converter	One 12-bit ADC Resolution: 1.22mV/bit Input voltage range: 0V ~ +5V Time pulse frequency: 3.579545MHz Control signals: state, pole, over Voltage indication
Amplifiers	Instrumentation amplifier: ±Vi input, Vo output, adjustable gain Differential amplifier: ±Vi input, Vo output Comparator: ±Vi input, Vo output Alarm amplifier: buzzer with driver circuit
Selectors	PIO/single-chip selector Manual/single-chip selector
Potentiometer	100KW, B-type
Accessories	Power lead, connecting leads, PC link cable, fuse, dust cover, software disk, and user manual
Power Supply	110/220V AC ±10% 50/60Hz