Frequency-Voltage/Current Transducer FVM 90

General Description

This measurement transducer converts an input frequency to a proportional output analog signal (current 0/4-20 mA, voltage 0-10 V). The power supply (24 V DC or AC), the input and the output stages are galvanically isolated from one another. The output value (0-20 mA, 4-20 mA, 0-10 V) and the measurement range (1, 1.4, 2.5, 3.333, 5, 10 kHz) are selected via DIL-switches. The zero point and range can be calibrated precisely via two potentiometers with an adjustable range of 5-10%.

Construction: DIN-Rail housing

Technical Data

Specifications (maximum value at 25°C unless stated otherwise; 1-10 kHz range)
Frequency input (opto-coupler), square wave
min. input voltage (high) 3.5 V (worst case, incl. aging)
typical input voltage (high) 2.8 V
max. input voltage (low) 0.8 V
max. operating voltage 13 V
max. over-voltage 30 VDC
typical input impedance 1 kOhm
min. impulse width 20% Duty cycle (min. 5 µs/1 µs low/high)
input filter ca. 100 kHz cut-off frequency
range 1 kHz, 2.5 kHz, 3.33 kHz, 5 kHz, 10 kHz
error range switching max. 0.5%, at 1 kHz 3% (with respect to FS)
analog output (voltage)
typical output impedance 75 Ohm
max. voltage 10.5 V
max. current 5 mA
min. voltage 30 mV
max. switching error V <-> mA 0.5% (with respect to FS)
analog output (current)
max. burden 350 Ohm
max. current, typical 20.5 mA
min. current, typical 5 µA
max. switching error 0 -> 4 mA 2% (with respect to FS)
Time response, ripple
typical cut-off frequency low pass 2 Hz/5 Hz (1 kHz/10 kHz-range)
typical transient response time (to 1%) 100 ms (10 kHz), 300 ms (1 kHz-range)
typical output ripple 0.1% (with respect to FS) at 100 Hz
Transmission error
max. linearity error 0.05% (with respect to FS)
max. amplification drift 70 ppm/K
change in supply voltage no effect (int. stabilisation)
Voltage
min. supply voltage, typical 19 V DC or AC
max. supply voltage 30 V DC or AC
current consumption, typical 35 mA (with 20 mA load: 55 mA)
isolation test voltage 750 V
Temperatures
specified operation 0/50°C (32/122°F)
operative -20/70°C (-4/158°F)
storage temperature -20/80°C (-4/176°F)

Operating Instructions

Connections (screw terminals)

1: power supply + (24 V AC/DC)
2: power supply - (24 V AC/DC)

3: analog Out - (analog ground)
4: analog Out + (current 0/4-20 mA or voltage 0-10 V)

7: frequency In - (digital signal ground)
8: frequency In +

Programming Switches

The programming switches can be found inside the module on the rear of the printed circuit board. Carefully remove the plexiglass cover and remove the circuit board by gently pulling at the screw terminals.

Measurement range
(input frequencies for 10 V and 20 mA output)
RangeSwitch 1Switch 2Switch 3
1.0 kHzoffoffoff
1.24 kHzoffonoff
1.416 kHzononoff
3.333 kHzonoffon
2.5 kHzoffoffon
5.0 kHzoffonon
10.0 kHzononon

The measurement range can be increased or decreased by about 8% via switches 5 and 6. In this way the adjustment range of the potentiometer can be kept relatively small. A large adjustment range often results in long term drift.

Measurement RangeSwitch 5Switch 6
+8%offoff
-8%onon
0%offon

analog output
 Switch 4Switch 7Switch 8
0-10 Voffonoff
0-20 mAoffoffon
4-20 mAonoffon

Adjustment

The zero point is adjusted via the "Offs" potentiometer, and the end value adjusted via the "Gain" potentiometer. The zero point should be adjusted first and then the final value. For larger adjustments, this procedure may have to be repeated several times. For additional reliability, the output value should be measured at half the measurement range.

If the final value cannot be adjusted via the potentiometer, then switch 5 or 6 should be used to shift it.

An even more reliable zero point can be achieved by applying 2% of the maximum input signal (20 Hz, 50 Hz, 100 Hz, 200 Hz for 1 kHz, 2.5 kHz, 5 kHz, 10 kHz input range) with a subsequent adjustment ("Offs" potentiometer) of the output value (0.2 V at 10 V, 0.4 mA at 0-20 mA and 4.32 mA at 4-20 mA).