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7.
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shortening
sivitch
life, a transient
may be
induced
in other wires,
packaged
with
the
rain
gauge
leadsf each time the
switch
closes. The
100 ohm
re$stor
protects
the
switch
from
arcing
and the
ass{ciated
transient
from
occurring, and
should
be
influded
any
time
leads
longer
than
100
feet are
used with a switch
closure.
PROGRAM
1 P 3
Count
pulses
from
rain
gauge
1
lrep
1 Pulse
channel#1
2
Switch
closure, all
pulses
counted
4
11
Location
to store count
5 0.254
MultiPlier
6 0
Offset
7.9
1OO
OHM
PRT IN
4 WIRE
HALF
BRIDGE
Instruction
9
is
the best
choice
for accuracy
(PRT)
is
from other
bridge completion
few
hs of
an ohm
resistance.
In
this
example,
it
desired
to
measure
a temperature
in
the
of
-10
to
4OoC.
The length of the
cable
from 21X to
the
PRT
is
500
feet.
MEASUREMENT
PROGRAMMING
EXAMPLES
same range eliminates
any
range translation
error
that
might
arise
from the
0.O1"/"
tolerance
of the
range
translation
resistors
in the
21X.
lf the voltage
drop across
the PRT
(V2)
is
kept
on the
50mV
range, self
heating of the
PRT
should be
less than 0.001oC
in still air.
The
resolution of the
measurement
is
increased as
the excitation
voltage
(V*)
is
increased
as
long
as
the
lnput
Range
is not exceeded.
The
voltage
drop
across
the
PRT
is equalto
V*
multiplied by the
ratio of
R.
to the
total
resistance, and
is
greatest
when
R, is
greatest
(Rs=115.54
ohms at
40oC). To
find the
maximum excitation
voltage that can
be used,
we
assume
V2 equalto
50mV and use
Ohm's
Law
to solve
for the resulting current,
l.
l=
SomV/Rs
=
50mV/115. 54
ohms
=
0.433mA
Next solve
for V*:
Vx=l(Rr+R.+R)=4.42V
lf
the actual
resistances
were
the
nominal
values,
the
21X would
not
overrange
with
V"
=
4.4V.
To allow
for the
tolerances
in
the
actual
resistances,
it is decided
to
set
V"
equal
to
4.2
volts
(e.9.,
if the
10 kohms resistor
is 57o
low,
Rr/(R1+Rr+Rt)=115.54/9715.54,
and
V* must
be
4.204V
to
keep
V, less than 50mV).
The
result
of Instruction
9
when
the
first
differentialmeasurement
(V1)
is not
made on
the
5V
range
is
equivalent
to
Rr/R1.
Instruction
16
computes
the temperature
(oC)
for a
DIN
43760 standard
PRT
from
the
ratio of
the
PRT
resistance to its
resistance at OoC
(Rs/Rg).
Thus,
a
multiplier
of Ry'Ro is used
in lnstruction
9 to
obtain
the
desired
intermediate, Rs/R'
(=Rs/B
x
Ry'Re).
lf R. and Re
were each
exactly 100 ohms,
the
multiplierwould
be
1.
However, neither
resistance is likely
to be
exact.
The
correct
multiplier
is
found
by
connecting
the
PRT
to the
21X
and entering
lnstruction
9
with a
multiplier of 1.
The PRT
is
then
placed
in an
ice
bath
(OoC;
Rr=Rs), and
the result of
the bridge
measurement is read
using
the
*6
Mode.
The
reading is Rr/R1,
which
is
equalto
Ro/Rl since
R"=Ro. The
correct
value of the
multiplier,
Ry'Ro, is the
reciprocal
of
this
reading.
The
initial reading
assumed
for
this
example
was
0.9890. The
correct
multiplier is: Ry'Ro
=
1/0.9890
=
1.01 11.
1
2
3
EX1
Ht2
21X
LO2
Ht 1
LO1
+
I
1OK OHM
vz(
RF
100 oHM
Rs
lOO OHM
PRT
FIGURE
7,19-1. Wiring
Diagram
for
PRT
in 4
Wire
Half
Bridge
Figure
7.9-1 diagrams
the
circuit
used
to
measure
the PRT.
The
10 kohm
resistor allows
the
use
of
a
high excitation
voltage and a
low
input
range.
This insures
that
noise in the
excitation
dOes not have
an effect
on signal
noise.
Becquse the
fixed resistor
(R)
and the
PRT
(RJ
hdve
approximately
the same
resistance,
fhe
differential
measurement
of the
voltage
drop across
the
PRT can
be made on
the same
r{nge
as
the differential
measurement
of
the
volta$e
drop
across
R1.
The
use of
the
7-5
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