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News Release from: Celsum Technologies | Subject: New generation DCell
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 25 November 2004
Digital strain puck now with Canopen
interface
Conditioning amplifier transforms a strain gauge device into a digital strain transducer now available with fieldbus capabilities
The Canopen interface is a fieldnet bus which allows easy, rapid and reliable communications and has very flexible configuration capabilities Although originally developed for motion-oriented machine control networks, such as handling systems, it is now used in many applications including medical equipment, off-road vehicles, maritime electronics, public transportation, building and factory automation, industrial machine control, lifts and escalators, and for non-industrial control
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 2 Jun 2008 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 a strain gauge device into a digital strain transducer.
"The availability of the Canopen communications option, in addition to the RS232, RS485 and Modbus options, offer the user maximum flexibility in their system design. Request a free brochure from Celsum Technologies ...
"The DCell is competitively priced and has many application both with OEM users for for R and D projects.".
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