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News Release from: Celsum Technologies | Subject: DCell
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 24 November 2004
Digital strain puck adds CANopen option
A CANopen version of the DCell digital strain puck is now available from Celsum Technologies.
A CANopen version of the DCell digital strain puck is now available from Celsum Technologies The CANopen interface is a Fieldnet bus which allows easy, rapid and reliable communications and has very flexible configuration capabilities
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 25 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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CANopen is a high-level adaptation of the CAN (Controller Area Network) protocol, which was developed in the early 1980s for automotive applications.
The DCell is a digital conditioning amplifier for strain gauge based sensors such as load cells and pressure transducers.
Designed using state-of-the-art surface-mount technology as a cylindrical "puck" to enable fitting into a typical strain gauge pocket, the DCell, with just the addition of a suitable power source, allows the strain gauge device to be connected directly to a computer-based system.
The new-generation DCell allows data to be read at speeds of up to 500 readings a second, with accuracies to 1 part in 400,000 and baud rates to 230,400.
It is available in high stability and industrial stability versions, it has built-in peak and trough recording, a programmable dynamic filter, remote shunt calibration and real mV/V calibration, reverse polarity protection, optional temperature sensing, seven-point linearisation, continuous auto-zero operation, and many other advanced features.
Richard Carter, Celsum's Marketing Manager, says: "The DCell is a very powerful conditioning amplifier which transforms your strain gauge device into a digital strain transducer".
"The availability of the CANopen communications option, in addition to the RS232, RS485 and Modbus options, offers the user maximum flexibility in their system design".
"The DCell is competitively priced and has many applications, both with OEM users for R and D projects". Request a free brochure from Celsum Technologies ...
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