Data acquisition system for sub-sea instrumentation, FPGA part

Designing and testing a high-pressure-tolerant precision data acquisition system

Bachelor Thesis (2026)
Author(s)

B.P. Servaas (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

C.L. van den Hoonaard (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Contributor(s)

K.A.A. Makinwa – Mentor (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

I.E. Lager – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

D. van der Born – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

F.J.P. van Mourik – Mentor (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

T.D. Onstein – Mentor (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Faculty
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
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Publication Year
2026
Language
English
Graduation Date
26-06-2026
Awarding Institution
Delft University of Technology
Project
EE3L11 Bachelor graduation project Electrical Engineering
Programme
Electrical Engineering
Faculty
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
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Abstract

This report describes the design, building and testing of a high precision data acquisition system that is able to function in high pressure environments. The system uses an FPGA as its controller sending and receiving information to and from a data conversion device with the AD4630 as its ADC and the DAC8811 as its DAC. The system is tested in a pressure chamber which was pressurised up to 500 bars of pressure and the performance difference was found to be negligible. The system had to be proven to be scalable to 16 channels and these 16 channels had to fit inside a volume of 100π‘π‘š3.

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