Technical characteristics

•  Autonomous equipment for the study of sensors in a car.

•   The equipment includes sensors using different types of technology:

  -  Crankshaft position sensor: inductive.

  -  Camshaft sensor: Hall.

  -  Steering column sensor (position, speed): Optical.

  -  Light sensor: Optical.

  -  Parking distance sensor: Ultrasound.

  -  MAP collector absolute pressure system: Piezoresistive.

  -  Lateral acceleration sensor for electronic stability control: Capacitive.

  -  Air quality sensor: MOS (Metal Oxide Semiconductor).

  -  Accelerator pedal position sensor APP: inductive.

  -  KS Knock sensors: Piezoelectric.

  -  Air mass sensor MAF: Hot wire.

  -  IAT air temperature admission sensor: NTC Resistive.

•   The communication of the sensors with the outside is carried out by different means:

  -  Digital output.

  -  Analogue Output.

  -  Communication by CAN bus.

  -  Communication by LIN bus.

•   Each sensor has information printed on it about:

  -  The technology used.

  -  Type of output generated.

  -  Physical shape of the sensor in the vehicle.

•   Testing points protected against possible incorrect manipulations, for carrying out measurements at the different points of the circuit.

•   Possibility of generating faulty situations in the signal sent by the sensors to the ECU, enabling the analysis of malfunction in the system.

•   Possibility of connecting various sensors to the ECU control unit panel ADA304.

•  Measurements: 446 x270 x100 mm.

Training to be carried out

•   Technologies used in sensor design.

•   Types and characteristics of sensors.

•   Types outputs (analogue, digital, CAN bus, LIN bus).

Equipment composition

•  ADA303 Panel.

•  User manual.

•   Practise activity manual.

•  Accessories: Syringe and plastic tubes.

•  Accessory store.

Contents to study

•  Analysis of the working of the different sensors and their association in the different automobile systems.

•   Testing electrical/electronic signals without voltage and under voltage.

•  Diagnosis of faults in the sensors: Lack of supply, broken sensor, short circuit to mass or to positive of the sensor, failure in the bus of communication of the sensor (CAN-LIN) etc.

•   Instrumentation handling: Oscilloscope, Polymeter.