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Frequency to Voltage Converter And Digital Tachometers LM2907 From National Semiconductor Introduction Frequency-to-Voltage converts are commonly associated with digital tachometers, which are used to measure the rate of rotation for a wheel. Digital tachometers are currently available in a wide range of forms (all of which use some type of frequency to voltage converter). Most non-contact tachometers require reflective strips to be placed on the object to be measured. Pictures of several types of digital tachometers are included below. Infrared Digital Tachometer Laser Digital Tachometer Combo/Electromagnetic Digital Tachometer Applications The frequency to voltage converter can be used for any application that requires measurement of a repeating event, such as a wheel making a complete rotation. For the robot, this could be used in place of the current encoders to measure velocity. Theory of Operation A rate meter simply measures the rate at which some event occurs. Usually this is done by counting the events (contact closures, electrical pulses, etc.) for a given period of time (known as the integration interval) and then simply dividing the number of events by the time to get a rate. Conversely, an analog tachometer is usually built up out of an electro-mechanical current meter and some sort of input conditioning circuitry. Instead of integrating the input signal over discrete time intervals, the mass of the meter movement itself is used to continuously integrate the input pulses. When and How to Use For the LM2907N-8 (8 pins) in the configuration seen below, a frequency signal is applied to the input of the charge pump at pin 1. The voltage appearing at pin 2 will swing between two values which are approximately ? (VCC) – VBE and ? (VCC) – VBE. The voltage at pin 3 will have a value equal to VCC * fIN * C1 * R1 * K, where K is the gain constant (normally 1.0). Configuration for the LM2907N-8 R1, C1, and C2 are subject to some