<html><head></head><body><p dir="ltr">I often use full bridge transducers with the PACs I use, where a signal conditioning module on the PAC chassis provides the bridge excitation voltage and performs the appropriate scale conversion to engineering units from the millivolt signal return. Strain gauges and foil pressure transducers thus work the same way. If you need an industry standard output (i.e. 0-10V or 4-20 mA), your transducer must incorporate an appropriate signal amplifier.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sean<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On November 3, 2016 10:06:32 AM MDT, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"><div>Alan, for PLC analog input devices, normally they are either 0-5VDC, 0-10VDC or 4-20mA. You can by analog input modules for the PLC in any of these flavors. Most popular are 0-5VDC and 4-20mA.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cliff</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br /><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 12:06 AM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">What is the best sensor input to get for a PLC or doesn't it matter.<br />
The pressure sensors I am coming across have either 0-5V output<br />
or some amp range.<br />
Wish I had heard Jon's talk at the last convention. Was that recorded?<br />
Thanks<br />
Alan<br />
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