An Equal Precision Programmed Cymometer Design Using Low-Power Technique

Abstract

Based on equal precision frequency measurement and pulse counting technique, a multi-period synchronous frequency measurement method is proposed in this paper. A programmed cymometer is designed with a full frequency band with equal precision measurement and improved measurement accuracy. In addition to adopting a low-power gate-control clock technique, the strong stability of our design is also carried out through the filtering of interference signals. Finally, the designed circuit is implemented with FPGA. The experimental results show that the static power consumption of the programmable frequency meter testing platform designed after continuous operation for 100 h is only 0.56 W, and the input impedance is 1 M Ω/40 pF. At the same time, the errors of frequency, cycle measurement, duty cycle measurement, and time interval are within a reasonable range. In addition, the measurement accuracy requirements for various indicators can also be met at a maximum frequency of 100 MHz. Therefore, this work can provide a feasible design method for low-power consumption electrical systems that are easy to replicate.

Keywords

• equal precision
• cymometer
• clock gating
• pulse measurement