Amplifiers enable load cell networking
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Datum Electronics product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Nov 22, 2007
Load cell amplifiers are each able to network up to 50 load cells with the added ability of logging to a PC or laptop with suitable logging software.
Datum Electronics has an all-new range of load cell amplifiers that can be networked with a number of load cells or other full bridge sensors including pressure sensors and Datum's very own Bolt-on sensor range.
The Type 135 and Type 136 load cell amplifiers are each able to network up to 50 load cells with the added ability of logging to a PC or laptop with suitable logging software.
This can be achieved with the Datum Electronics NetDisp software, which displays and logs graphically the information provide by the load cell.
This is a windows based application suitable for most commercial available PC systems and controls.
Alternatively, there is also the option of using an existing user's software.
NetDisp is a Windows PC based software package, designed to gather data from up to a total number of 50 load cells, connected to an RS485 network via Datum Electronics Type135, RS485 network strain gauge amplifiers.
Each Load Cell on the Network is individually calibrated to give an output in kilograms.
The software package sequentially reads the current load value from each cell and processes all load values to provide display and group sum functions.
The software allows for the load value of groups of cells to be summed together to give a total load for the group.
This total load is treated in the same way as individual cell load for display and alarm functions.
Housed within a die cast aluminium enclosure, these robust amplifiers are ideal for applications requiring a number of distributed strain sensors logged into a single PC with interface software.
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