PGA460: Expert Services or Consulting on setting the pga460 parameters

James Talley

Part Number: PGA460

Does TI provide expert technical service or consulting on how to set the parameters of the pga460? We are working on an application to perform level measurements of grain inside of a Hopper rail car. I ideally we would like to perform level measurements, in real-time, while the hopper in being filled with grain.

over 5 years ago

0 Akeem Whitehead over 5 years ago

TI__Mastermind 27950 points

Hi James,

We have a couple of documents and video guides to help explain how to set the parameters of the PGA460. I recommend that you start with the BOOSTXL-PGA460 based evaluation tool. This tool includes a GUI to help you optimize and configure the device based on a visualization of the echo activity.

Here are the training materials you can start with:

Ultrasonic Sensing with the PGA460-Q1 Video Series: https://training.ti.com/ultrasonic-sensing-pga460-q1
PGA460 Ultrasonic Module Hardware and Software Optimization App Report: http://www.ti.com/lit/pdf/slaa732
Ultrasonic Sensing Basics App Report: http://www.ti.com/lit/pdf/slaa907
PGA460 Transducer & Transformer Listing: http://www.ti.com/lit/zip/slac787

If you can provide some additional details, such as the level height minimum and maximum, field of view in degrees, and the priority of performance / cost / size, then I may be able to help provide a more specific solution and configuration.

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