SLAA889A March   2019  – July 2021 MSP430FR6041 , MSP430FR6043 , MSP430FR60431 , MSP430FR6045 , MSP430FR6047 , MSP430FR60471

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Flow Metering Background
    1. 1.1 Water Flow Velocity Estimation
      1. 1.1.1 Velocity of Ultrasound in Water is Known
      2. 1.1.2 Velocity of Ultrasound in Water is Unknown
  3. 2Algorithms for Ultrasonic Water Flow Metering
    1. 2.1 Correlation Based Technique for Differential TOF Estimation
    2. 2.2 Absolute Time-of-Flight (AbsTOF) Measurement (Tup and Tdn)
      1. 2.2.1 AbsTOF Calculation
        1. 2.2.1.1 Acquisition Algorithm for AbsTOF
        2. 2.2.1.2 Tracking Algorithm for AbsTOF
  4. 3References
  5. 4Revision History

Water Flow Velocity Estimation

There are two methods to solve Equation 1 and Equation 2. One method can be used when the velocity of ultrasound in water is known (see Section 1.1.1), and the other method can be used when the velocity of ultrasound in water is not known (see Section 1.1.2).