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Subscribers—read this article now in your digital edition!Build and demonstrate an active vibration-damping system in the form of a desktop "skyscraper" that uses integrated sensors, actuators, and electronics to cancel out vibrations.
Photos by Steven Griffin
Illustrations by Nik Schulz
Diagrams
Links
- Piezo Systems, Inc.
Source for piezoceramic wafer material. - OnlineMetals.com
Source for copper foil. - Smart Structure Stability Differences
- Smart Structure with Laser
- Smart Structure Close-Up
Errata for this article
Correction for page 137
The Smart Structure materials list incorrectly gives capacitor values in microfarads. It should have called for nanofarad values.
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- Damping ratio when tuned to maximum deflection
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OK, I've built this project, and it seems to work quite well. I've been looking at the output of the sensor charge amp, as the article suggests, and compared power on vs power off, and the results are as expected.
Has anyone calculated the damping ratio and compared power on vs. power off? I'm getting very small numbers in both cases (I would expect a small number in the unpowered case) but looking at the graphs, it seems like maybe the powered damping ratio should be higher. The ranges are around .021.
Thanks
TedPosted by Ted Jones on June 07, 2008 at 08:13:42 Pacific Time
- Piezo ceramic wafer
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I’ve been checking the website of the company you recommend and I noticed that the wafer is way too expensive. Do you know where can I get the piezoelectric of these dimensions as salvage? I have worked with piezoelectric on clock signal generators for microcontrollers but they are tiny compared with the dimensions required for this project. Do you have any suggestion?
Thanks!!
Posted by Parga on May 03, 2008 at 15:51:42 Pacific Time
- m324
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It says you need a M324 operational amplifier chip. Should this be a LM324 because my electronics store never heared of it. Or other wise where can I order one??
Thanks, mennoPosted by mennauw on April 14, 2008 at 07:47:26 Pacific Time
- Nano or Micro Farad caps?
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This looks like a fun project! The parts list in the magazine article states micro farad caps. The online schematic shows nano farad caps. I suspect nano ones are used but would like confirmation. Any thoughts?Posted by Paul Oh on March 31, 2008 at 11:14:41 Pacific Time
- Really neat
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This is very cool. I wish I could think of a project to incorporate it into...Posted by drysdam on February 24, 2008 at 18:41:24 Pacific Time
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