Methods and apparatus for electronic sensor adjustments
Methods and apparatus for electronic sensor adjustment are disclosed. A disclosed example sensor device for use with an asset includes a housing to be coupled to the asset, a data acquisition sensor to provide first sensor output, a position sensor to provide second sensor output, the position sensor having a movable portion, and programmable circuitry to execute instructions to determine, based on the second sensor output, an offset of the movable portion for adjustment of the first sensor output, and adjust the first sensor output based on the offset.
1 . A sensor device for use with an asset, the sensor device comprising:
a housing to be threadably coupled to the asset about a first axis of rotation;
a data acquisition sensor to provide a first sensor output;
a potentiometer to provide a second sensor output, the potentiometer having a movable portion that is rotatable about a second axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation aligned with the first axis of rotation; and
programmable circuitry to execute instructions to:
determine, based on the second sensor output, an offset of the movable portion for adjustment of the first sensor output, and
adjust the first sensor output based on the offset.
2 . The sensor device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the data acquisition sensor is a multidimensional axis accelerometer.
3 . The sensor device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the offset is defined between: (i) an orientation of the movable portion at which an indicator of the movable portion is oriented toward a reference of the asset and (ii) an orientation of the data acquisition sensor.
4 . The sensor device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the programmable circuitry is to execute the instructions to determine the offset based on relative orientations of the data acquisition sensor and the movable portion.
5 . The sensor device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first sensor output is adjusted based on a coordinate system transformation associated with the offset.
6 . The sensor device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the movable portion includes an interface to receive a tool, and wherein the movable portion includes a direction indicator for alignment thereof with respect to a reference of the asset.
7 . The sensor device as defined in claim 1 , further including a fixture to limit movement of the movable portion to align the movable portion with respect to a reference of the asset.
8 . An apparatus for adjustment of an output from a data acquisition sensor of a sensor device that includes a threaded portion to be threadably coupled to an asset about a first axis of rotation, the apparatus comprising:
interface circuitry communicatively coupled to a potentiometer of the sensor device;
machine readable instructions; and
programmable circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to:
determine a positional deviation of a movable portion of the potentiometer, the movable portion rotatable about a second axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation at least one of parallel or colinear with the first axis of rotation,
determine an adjustment of the output of the data acquisition sensor based on the positional deviation, and
adjust the output of the data acquisition sensor based on the adjustment.
9 . The apparatus as defined in claim 8 , wherein the programmable circuitry is to determine a rotational deviation between the data acquisition sensor and the movable portion.
10 . The apparatus as defined in claim 8 , wherein the positional deviation corresponds to a rotational deviation of the movable portion from a neutral position of the movable portion.
11 . The apparatus as defined in claim 8 , wherein the movable portion is to be displaced from a neutral position of the movable portion based on a reference of at least one of the asset or a reference frame associated with the asset.
12 . The apparatus as defined in claim 8 , wherein the programmable circuitry is to:
determine that the data acquisition sensor has shifted to a degree exceeding a threshold degree of shift, and
in response to determining that the data acquisition sensor has shifted to the degree exceeding the threshold degree of shift, determine an updated adjustment of the output of the data acquisition sensor.
13 . A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause programmable circuitry to at least:
determine an offset of a movable portion of a potentiometer, the movable portion rotatable about a first axis of rotation, the offset corresponding to orienting the movable portion with respect to a reference,
determine an adjustment of an output of a data acquisition sensor based on the offset, the data acquisition sensor threaded into an asset about a second axis of rotation that is aligned with the first axis of rotation, and
adjust the output based on the determined adjustment.
14 . The non-transitory machine readable storage medium as defined in claim 13 , wherein the offset is between the reference and the data acquisition sensor.
15 . The non-transitory machine readable storage medium as defined in claim 13 , wherein the adjustment is determined based on a coordinate transformation of a coordinate system of the reference based on the offset.
16 . The non-transitory machine readable storage medium as defined in claim 13 , wherein the instructions are to cause the programmable circuitry to:
determine that the data acquisition sensor has shifted to a degree exceeding a threshold degree of shift, and
in response to determining that the data acquisition sensor has shifted to the degree exceeding the threshold degree of shift, determine an updated adjustment of the output of the data acquisition sensor.
17 . A method comprising:
coupling a sensor device to an asset via a threaded interface, the threaded interface defining a first axis of rotation, the sensor device including a data acquisition sensor;
adjusting an orientation of a movable portion of a potentiometer based on a reference corresponding to the asset, the movable portion rotatable about a second axis of rotation that is parallel to the first axis of rotation; and
causing the data acquisition sensor to operate such that an output from the data acquisition sensor is adjusted based on the orientation of the movable portion.
18 . The method as defined in claim 17 , further including aligning the orientation of the movable portion via a fixture corresponding to the reference.
19 . The method as defined in claim 17 , wherein the coupling of the sensor device to the asset includes rotating the sensor device relative to the asset about the threaded interface therebetween.
20 . The method as defined in claim 17 , further including placing a tool into an aperture of the movable portion for rotation thereof.