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Sensors 2003, 3, 490-497 sensors ISSN 1424-8220 ? 2003 by MDPI /sensors Sensors Auto-calibration Method - Using Programmable Interface Circuit Front-end M. Kouider, M. Nadi and D. Kourtiche Laboratoire d’Instrumentation Electronique de Nancy, Université Henri Poincaré Nancy-1, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre, France Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. mourad.kouider@lien.uhp-nancy.fr Received: 22 June 2003 / Accepted: 9 Septemeber 2003 / Published: 31 October 2003 Abstract: In this paper we present a standard auto-calibration method of sensors. The purpose is to correct the accumulated errors at the sensor output. A universal conditioning circuit is used with the sensor, and the transfer function of the measurement chain is periodically corrected according to the progressive correction method. References physical inputs are used to allow the adjustment of the measurement and to calculate the calibration coefficients. Test results obtained using this method present a considerable enhancement of the measurement accuracy and a good handling of cross-sensitivity problem. Keywords: sensors calibration, sensors interfacing, signals processing, measurement errors. Introduction Most sensors used in measurement systems require periodical calibration, in order to ensure the required measurement accuracy. The existing conventional correction techniques are essentially based either on the hardware adjustment of the sensor response [1], or on lookup tables [2]. The calibration of sensors using these methods is usually of a high cost and time consuming. For different types of sensors, we have used as a conditioning interface a programmable analog circuit ( FPAA) that enables cost reduction of the measurement chain production and exploitation [3]. The transfer function of the measurement chain is periodically corrected using an algorithm that can be implemented in a FPGA circuit, to ca