TY - THES A1 - Ibor, Stan T1 - Implementation of an adaptive control loop on an FPGA microcontroller for a Torque Sensor Calibration rig and optimization of the mechanical design to realize smallest possible uncertainties N2 - A statement on the accuracy of the result of a torque calibration is expressed as a measurement uncertainty (Bell, 1999). This measurement uncertainty is derived from a measurement uncertainty budget which considers contributing factors on the measurement uncertainty and the degree to which these factors influence the measurement uncertainty. Measurement uncertainties arise from different sources such as the measuring item, measuring instruments, environment, the operator and other sources (Bell, 1999). This work seeks to investigate the contributions arising from the afore-mentioned sources on the measurement uncertainties of the lower range (i.e. 5 to 200 Nm) of a HBM 2 kNm reference type torque calibration rig. This work also presents a software implementation of a control loop on an FPGA microcontroller using the graphical programming language LabVIEW. The design of the control system on the FPGA isn’t done using VHDL (Very high speed integration circuit Hardware Description Language) but LabVIEW FPGA module from National Instruments. The control system would consists of torque and position control features. Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:1383-opus4-3304 ER -