基于ARM的数字油耗仪设计-翻译.docVIP

外文文献资料 收集：苏州大学 应用技术学院 电子信息科学与技术 班级（学号 1016405051） ［姓名 杨志立］ Digital fuel consumption Automobile vehicles running on gasoline have a gasoline storage tank. The storage tank has a level sensing device generally comprising a variable resistor which increases in resistance as the liquid level in the tank decreases. This produces a voltage increase across the variable resistor as the level of the liquid in the storage tank decreases. Today, most vehicles utilize a magnetic mechanical type gauge. The gauge contains a magnetic coil which moves the pointer relative to the voltage across the variable resistor in the fuel tank. It is desirable to have a more accurate level sensing device which gives the driver of the vehicle the exact amount of fuel left in the storage tank so that he may estimate his remaining driving distance. In addition, the device gives more readily usable information in calculating fuel consumption rate and is particularly useful in rally type vehicles. It is particularly desirable to utilize a device which may be adapted to use in all vehicles with the present gasoline tank sender to minimize replacement of the sending unit. I have devised a digital electronic fuel gauge which gives the exact quantity of gasoline remaining in the fuel tank without having to interpolate a gauge. The device is adaptable to all size fuel storage tanks and attaches to the tank sender unit presently employed on nearly all vehicles. The device comprises a pre-amplifying circuit which converts the variable DC resistance of the tank transmitter element into precise DC voltage levels which may be converted into decimal codes. The display unit contains three LED one digit readouts representing tenths, units and tens of gallons of fuel remaining in the tank. The tank sender unit is a variable resistor generally comprising a moveable arm attached to a float which rests on the surface of fuel such that as the fuel level changes the resistance of the element changes generally from a