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Loadcells, Force Sensors and Torque Sensors
News Release from: Celsum Technologies | Subject: Eval kit for DSC and D-Cell
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 07 April 2004
Digital evaluation kits take the strain
Celsum Technologies provides evaluation kits for Mantracourt's new generation DSC digital strain card and D-Cell digital strain puck for only GBP 165.75 plus shipping and tax.
Celsum Technologies provides evaluation kits for Mantracourt's new generation DSC digital strain card and D-Cell digital strain puck for only GBP 165.75 plus shipping and tax These compact units allow virtually any strain gauge devices such as pressure transducers, force sensors and load cells as well as "raw" strain gauges to be connected to the input
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 4 Jun 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Add a DC power supply and a computer via the built-in serial port, and the strain gauge device can be programmed to provide readings directly in engineering units at speeds of up to 500Hz and resolutions up to 1 part in 400,000 (0.00025%).
The communications protocols are available in a range of Fieldbus protocols: ASCII, Modbus, Mantrabus, with CAN and CANopen on the way.
The evaluation kits contain a choice of DSC or D-Cell, an RS232/RS485 convertor for RS485 versions, computer and power supply leads, a manual and an evaluation copy of the VisualLink rapid application development Scada software package, a graphical program designed for easy development of process control applications.
The DSC and D-Cell provide a stable DC excitation voltage for most common strain gauge devices, and allow multi-stage programming to compensate for non-linearity and temperature effects.
VisualLink will allow the DSC or D-Cell to be configured and the output displayed in a variety of formats, although a "key" must be purchased to allow the application to run without a periodic message appearing, however.
The manual contains detailed instructions for communicating with the modules using other packages.
The DSC and D-Cell intelligent strain gauge conditioning modules provide a cost-effective, speedy and accurate means of connecting field devices to computer monitoring and control systems, and complement Celsum's range of other analogue, digital and radio telemetry instruments for handling strain gauge signals.
They are extremely useful for research and development applications as well as for OEM equipment builders. Request a free brochure from Celsum Technologies ...
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