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Analysis of HART communicator and Smart HART Transmitter

Last updated: April 25, 2020 9:10 am
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During the 1980’s the Rosemount corporation developed a means for 4-20 mA analog signaling circuits to carry digital signals as well, so that 4-20 mA process transmitters could be equipped with microprocessors and communicate data in both analog and digital form.

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Solution:Analysis #1: (DC loop power source only)Analysis #2: (HART communicator source only)Analysis #3: (transmitter analog source only)Analysis #4: (transmitter HART source only)

Rosemount’s so-called HART standard (“Highway- Addressable Remote Transducer”) used audio-frequency AC signals to represent binary “1” and “0” states, superimposing these AC signals on the same two wires as the DC 4-20 mA analog signal.

Process transmitters so equipped were dubbed smart transmitters because their internal microprocessors gave them extra capabilities such as self-diagnostics, easy-to-change ranging, and advanced linearization for greater accuracy. HART eventually became an “open” standard with many manufacturers producing compliant field devices.

The following schematic diagram shows a simplified HART transmitter connected to a DC loop power supply as well as a HART “communicator” device allowing a human technician to communicate with the transmitter.

The transistor states shown in this diagram reflect the master (“communicator”) device sending data while the slave (smart transmitter) device listens:

Smart HART Transmitter

Since this is a multi-source circuit, with four sources (one AC current source and one DC current source inside the smart transmitter, one AC voltage source in the HART communicator, and one DC voltage source providing loop power), we may apply the Superposition Theorem to determine the combined effect of these sources together in one circuit.

Use the Superposition Theorem to determine the voltage present between the indicator’s terminals, assuming the transmitter happens to be outputting a 50% (12 mA) analog signal, and the HART communicator happens to be outputting a 400 mV AC signal at 2200 Hz at the moment of our analysis.

Solution:

Recall that the Superposition Theorem works by considering one source at a time, with all other sources “disabled” and replaced by their respective internal impedances. With four sources, this means we must analyze the circuit four times over (once for each active source), and then superimpose the results of all four analyses.

Analysis #1: (DC loop power source only)

HART communicator features and connection

Here, we see what the loop power supply does on its own, with all current sources opened (infinite internal impedance) and all other voltage sources shorted (zero internal impedance). The result is an open circuit, with nothing dropped across the 250 ohm resistor.

Analysis #2: (HART communicator source only)

HART Communication Systems

Here, we see what the HART communicator’s AC voltage source does on its own, with all current sources opened (infinite internal impedance) and all other voltage sources shorted (zero internal impedance).

The result is the communicator’s AC voltage dropped entirely across the resistor (and also across the terminals of the smart transmitter where the microprocessor will be able to read it). We are assuming that the coupling capacitor’s impedance is negligible.

Analysis #3: (transmitter analog source only)

Analysis of HART communicator and Smart HART Transmitter

Here, we see what the smart transmitter’s DC current source does on its own, with all other current sources opened (infinite internal impedance) and all voltage sources shorted (zero internal impedance).

The result is a 3 volt drop across the resistor based on Ohm’s Law (V = IR = 12 mA × 250 = 3 volts).

Analysis #4: (transmitter HART source only)

HART Transmitter Communication

Here, we see what the smart transmitter’s AC current source does on its own, with all other current sources opened (infinite internal impedance) and all voltage sources shorted (zero internal impedance). The result is nothing, since the MOSFET in series with this source is turned off.

Superimposing all these results together, we see that the indicator experiences a composite DC+AC signal of 3 volts DC and 400 mV AC at 2200 Hz.

Credits: Tony R. Kuphaldt

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