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22:56 Feb 13, 2012
German to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / Transducer circuitry
German term or phrase:Einschalt- Steuer- und Regelteil
List of transducer circuitry components: Eingangsteil und Gleichrichter (input section and rectifier), Leistungsteil (power section), EOL-Schaltungsteil (EOL circuit [section]), Einschalt-, Steuer- und Regelteil
Is there anything better than "switch-on and control section"?
Explanation: In the computers I use for embedded systems, they have something called a "Start-up ROM" or SuROM that acts like the BIOS of a PC. It does a power-on self test, checks a few other things, copies the program into RAM and then starts execution of the program. So, you might consider 'start-up' if your dohickey has a computer or controller in it somewhere (say, an FPGA controller).
Thank you very much! So my assumption for inverter was not correct. So we have a transmitter or auxiliary control for the traffic lights. Was not clear from the beginning.
to know the type of your "transducer" and what function the "Einschaltteil" has. By the way, what is the meaning of the abbraviation "EOL"? I know this as "End of Line, Live, Letter, etc.", but nothing of these acronyms make sense for transducers, see http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/EOL
please indicate what type of transducer is subject of your text.
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Start-up and control section
Explanation: In the computers I use for embedded systems, they have something called a "Start-up ROM" or SuROM that acts like the BIOS of a PC. It does a power-on self test, checks a few other things, copies the program into RAM and then starts execution of the program. So, you might consider 'start-up' if your dohickey has a computer or controller in it somewhere (say, an FPGA controller).
Just a thought for a list of components.
jccantrell Local time: 15:45 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 427
Explanation: From the list you provided it looks probably that you have no transducer, who converts physical values to electrical signals. Instead of this, the combination of various electrical sections (rectifier, amplifier, controller, etc.) let me assume that your text deals with inverters or variable frequency drives. In this case you have first a rectifier, then a d.c. circuit which is buffered with batteries and then chopped before being transformed. The control will receive signals from exterior and influence frequency, voltage and other values. I understand that the „Einschaltteil“ is not used for starting or energizing the unit, but to commutate (to chop) the intermediate direct current circuit.
Normalerweise wird „control“ für Steuerung verwendet. Soll zwischen beiden unterschieden werden, so spricht man von „open loop control“ für Steuerung und „closed loop control“ für Regelung. Dazu einige Zitate aus Wikipedia:
An open-loop controller, also called a non-feedback controller, is a type of controller that computes its input into a system using only the current state and its model of the system.
A characteristic of the open-loop controller is that it does not use feedback to determine if its output has achieved the desired goal of the input. This means that the system does not observe the output of the processes that it is controlling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_loop_control
To avoid the problems of the open-loop controller, control theory introduces feedback. A closed-loop controller uses feedback to control states or outputs of a dynamical system. Its name comes from the information path in the system: process inputs (e.g., voltage applied to an electric motor) have an effect on the process outputs (e.g., speed or torque of the motor), which is measured with sensors and processed by the controller; the result (the control signal) is used as input to the process, closing the loop. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-loop_controller
Als Regelkreis wird der in sich geschlossene Wirkungsablauf für die Beeinflussung einer physikalischen Größe in einem technischen Prozess bezeichnet. Wesentlich hierbei ist die Rückführung des aktuellen Wertes an den Regler (negative Rückkopplung) und ein kontinuierlicher beziehungsweise bei digitalen Reglern ein zeitdiskreter Soll-Ist-Vergleich.
Im Gegensatz zu einem geschlossenen Wirkungsablauf charakterisiert sich die Steuerung eines dynamischen Systems als offener Wirkungsablauf. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regelkreis
Johannes Gleim Local time: 00:45 Specializes in field Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 218
Reference information: are electric or electronic devices that transform energy from one manifestation into another. Most people, when they think of transducers, think specifically of devices that perform this transformation to gather or transfer information. In reality, however, anything that converts energy can be considered a transducer.
Found Throughout Everyday Life
Common transducers that detect or transmit information include microphones, Geiger meters, pressure sensors, thermometers and antennae. A microphone, for example, converts sound waves that strike its diaphragm into an analogous electrical signal that can be transmitted over wires. A pressure sensor turns the physical force being exerted on the sensing apparatus into an analog reading that can be easily represented. Many people think of a transducer as being some sort of technical device, but they can be found in many places throughout everyday life.
Most transducers have an inverse that allows for the energy to be returned to its original form. Audio cassettes, for example, are created by using a transducer to turn the electrical signal from the microphone pick-up — which went through a transducer to convert the sound waves into an electrical signal — into magnetic fluctuations on the tape head. These magnetic fluctuations are then read and converted by another transducer — in this case, the stereo system — to be turned back into an electrical signal. This signal is then fed by wire to speakers that act as yet another transducer to turn the electrical signal back into audio waves.
Other transducers turn one type of energy into another form, not to measure something in the external environment or to communicate information, but rather to make use of that energy in a more productive manner. A light bulb, for example, converts electrical energy into visible light. Electric motors are another common form of electromechanical transducer, converting electrical energy into kinetic energy to perform a mechanical task. The inverse of an electric motor — a generator — also is a transducer, turning kinetic energy into electrical energy that can then be used by other devices. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-transducers.htm
Johannes Gleim Germany Specializes in field Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 218
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