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News Release from: Celsum Technologies | Subject: SGA Strain Gauge Amplifier
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 February 2005
Strain gauge amp has high bandwidth at
low price
The SGA Strain Gauge Amplifier is a sturdy, stable, analogue conditioning amplifier for most strain gauge devices, including load cells, pressure transducers and torque transducers.
The SGA Strain Gauge Amplifier, available from Celsum Technologies is a sturdy, stable, analogue conditioning amplifier for most strain gauge devices, including load cells, pressure transducers and torque transducers Available in either DC (18 - 24V) or mains-powered (110/230V) versions and as a PCB or packaged in an IP65-sealed, glanded ABS case, it has a bandwidth of DC to 6 kHz, giving it the widest bandwidth of known commercially-available, general purpose strain gauge conditioning amplifiers
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 18 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The SGA has two simultaneous analogue outputs, one for current and the other for voltage.
The outputs may be configured by the user to give 0 - 5VDC, 0-10VDC, +/-5VDC, +/-10VDC, 0-20mA and 5-20mA.
A regulated bridge excitation voltage of no10V is provided with a current capacity of 110ma, sufficient to drive up to four 350-ohm bridges wired in parallel.
Half- and quarter-bridges can be accommodated, the latter by fitting dummy resistors to complete the bridge.
A switchable, second-order, low-pass filter is fitted, user-selectable between 1 Hz and 5 kHz.
Transducer sensitivities between 0.1 mV/V and 30 mV/V are also switch-selectable.
A zero-offset adjustment allows, for example, a vessel weight to be compensated for by "taring" it off.
Said Richard Carter, Celsum's marketing manager, "The SGA is an excellent, general purpose conditioning amp with a superb specification, and yet is available at a budget price".
" It is built on a single, high-quality PCB using state-of-the art, surface-mount technology".
" SGAs are being used in a wide range of applications, from medical equipment to aerospace, and in fields from laboratory R and D, through process plants to on-vehicle monitoring".
" We have a version of the SGA for conditioning LVDT transducers, too.". Request a free brochure from Celsum Technologies ...
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