TABLE OF CONTENTS

Declaration i
Certificate ii
Acknowledgement iii
Abstract iv
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Acronyms x

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Preface 1
1.2 PID Controller 2
1.3 Introduction to MEMS Pressure Sensor 4
1.3.1 Piezoresistive Effect 5
1.3.2 General Structure of Pressure Sensor 6
1.3.3 Advantages of micromachined piezoresistive Pressure Sensors 7
1.3.4 Performance Characteristics of Pressure Sensors 8
1.4 Overview 11
1.5 Literature Review 12
1.6 Outline of the Thesis 16

Chapter 2 PROBLEM DEFINITION 17
2.1 Problem Definition 17
2.2 Project Objective 17
2.3 Methodology adopted to meet the Objective 17

Chapter 3 MODEL CONSTRUCTION AND SOLUTION 19
3.1 Introduction 19
3.2 Description of Block Diagram 20
3.3 Working Procedure 21
3.4 Algorithm 22
3.5 Flow Chart of Real Time Controller of Project 23
3.6 Photography of Real Time Controller system of the project 24
3.7 Need for Signal Conditioner 27
3.8 Pressure Sensor Calibration with ASIC ZSC31050 28
3.8.1 Experimental Set-up for Calibration 28
3.9 Introduction to ZMD to Calibrate the Sensors 32
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Chapter 4 OVERVIEW OF MSP430 38
4.1 Architecture 38
4.2 Description 39
4.3 CPU 40
4.4 Operating Modes 41

Chapter 5 REQUIRMENT SPECIFICATION 43
5.1 Hardware 43
5.1.1 MEMS Pressure sensor 43
5.1.2 Temperature sensor 45
5.1.3 Electric Heater coil 48
5.1.4 Solenoid Valve 49
5.1.5 Steam Boiler Design 50
5.1.6 MSP430 Microcontroller 52
5.1.7 LCD Display 53
5.1.8 Triac and Optotriac 54
5.1.9 Relay and TransistorBC547 for switching 56
5.2 Software tool 56

Chapter 6 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 57
6.1 Test setup for steam boiler characterization 57
6.2 Testing the Steam Boiler in MSRIT 59
6.3 Characterization of pressure sensor PTE5000 61
6.4 Characterization of BEL Pressure sensor 63
6.5 Experimental set up for characterization of Pressure sensor 64
6.6 Calibration of Pressure Sensor with ZMD 66
6.7 Real Time Controller Setup of Project 68
6.8 Output Photography 69

Chapter 7 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE SCOPE 71
7.1 Conclusion 71
7.2 Future Scope 72

References 74
Appendix-A 77
Appendix-B 80

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