Implementation of Vibration Signals Receiving Unit on Raspberry Single-Board Computers

The paper dedicated to vibration measurement system development on the Raspberry Pi basis. Main features of the solution are low-cost, easy access to components and functionality and flexibility provided by Raspberry Pi usage. Circuit solution and configuring procedures are presented and described. In particular, block diagram of the vibration measurement system with piezo-electric sensors. Two variants of the vibration measurement system, on the Raspberry Pi B+ and Raspberry Pi 3B correspondingly, were implemented and tested as well. In addition, two variants of impedance-matching device were implemented. Conducted and described experiments confirm performance both separate components and the whole solution. Presented results are applicable for correlation leak detectors new algorithmic solutions and in educational process

Influences of external error sources on measurements of room acoustic parameters

Correct and precise measurements of room acoustic parameters are of fundamental importance for subjective room impression characterization and for the physical description of the sound field. This thesis investigates external influences on acoustic measurements and errors of the resulting room acoustic parameters. Theoretical models have been developed to predict these errors and indicate the tolerable limits of the described influences. To validate these models, specially designed room acoustic measurements that separate the individual influence factors have been conducted. Noise has been identified as one of the main influence factors and occurs during every measurement. In this thesis the performance of five commonly used stationary noise compensation methods are systematically analyzed depending on the peak signal-to-noise ratio. Impulsive noise that could also occur during the measurement is investigated separately, as the previously introduced compensation techniques are unsuited to handle the influence. The second part of this thesis analyzes the influence of time variances during measurements. Inter- and intra-measurement temperature changes, air movement, and human-sized scattering objects have been investigated

Influences of external error sources on measurements of room acoustic parameters

Correct and precise measurements of room acoustic parameters are of fundamental importance for subjective room impression characterization and for the physical description of the sound field. This thesis investigates external influences on acoustic measurements and errors of the resulting room acoustic parameters. Theoretical models have been developed to predict these errors and indicate the tolerable limits of the described influences. To validate these models, specially designed room acoustic measurements that separate the individual influence factors have been conducted. Noise has been identified as one of the main influence factors and occurs during every measurement. In this thesis the performance of five commonly used stationary noise compensation methods are systematically analyzed depending on the peak signal-to-noise ratio. Impulsive noise that could also occur during the measurement is investigated separately, as the previously introduced compensation techniques are unsuited to handle the influence. The second part of this thesis analyzes the influence of time variances during measurements. Inter- and intra-measurement temperature changes, air movement, and human-sized scattering objects have been investigated