High input impedance and a wide input range are twohighly desirable features in a precision analog-to-digitalconverter, and the LTC®2449 delta-sigma ADC has both.With just a few external components, the LTC2449 formsan exceptional measurement system with very high inputimpedance and an input range that extends 300mV beyondthe supply rails.
Sensors for pressure, load, temperature, acceleration andmany other physical quantities often take the form of aWheatstone bridge. These sensors can be extremely linearand stable over time and temperature. However, mostthings in nature are only linear if you don’t bend them toomuch. In the case of a load cell, Hooke’s law states that thestrain in a material is proportional to the applied stress—as long as the stress is nowhere near the material’s yieldpoint (the “point of no return” where the material ispermanently deformed).
Abstract: This reference design provides design ideas for a cost-effective, low-power liquid-level measurement dataacquisition system (DAS) using a compensated silicon pressure sensor and a high-precision delta-sigma ADC. Thisdocument discusses how to select the compensated silicon pressure sensor, suggest system algorithms, and providenoise analyses. It also describes calibration ideas to improve system performance while also reducing complexity andcost.
The power of programmability gives industrial automation designers a highly efficient， cost-effective alternative to traditional motor control units （MCUs）。 The parallel-processing power， fast computational speeds， and connectivity versatility of Xilinx® FPGAs can accelerate the implementation of advanced motor control algorithms such as Field Oriented Control （FOC）。
Additionally， Xilinx devices lower costs with greater on-chip integration of system components and shorten latencies with high-performance digital signal processing （DSP） that can tackle compute-intensive functions such as PID Controller， Clark/Park transforms， and Space Vector PWM.
The Xilinx Spartan®-6 FPGA Motor Control Development Kit gives designers an ideal starting point for evaluating time-saving， proven， motor-control reference designs. The kit also shortens the process of developing custom control capabilities， with integrated peripheral functions （Ethernet， PowerLink， and PCI® Express）， a motor-control FPGA mezzanine card （FMC） with built-in Texas Instruments motor drivers and high-precision Delta-Sigma modulators， and prototyping support for evaluating alternative front-end circuitry.
Abstract: Many modern industrial, medical, and commercial applications require temperature measurements in the extended temperature rangewith accuracies of ±0.3°C or better, performed with reasonable cost and often with low power consumption. This article explains how platinumresistance temperature detectors (PRTDs) can perform measurements over wide temperature ranges of -200°C to +850°C, with absolute accuracyand repeatability better than ±0.3°C, when used with modern processors capable of resolving nonlinear mathematical equation quickly and costeffectively. This article is the second installment of a series on PRTDs. For the first installment, please read application note 4875, "High-Accuracy Temperature Measurements Call for Platinum Resistance Temperature Detectors (PRTDs) and Precision Delta-Sigma ADCs."
Delta-sigma ADCs, with their high accuracy and high noiseimmunity, are ideal for directly measuring many typesof sensors. Nevertheless, input sampling currents canoverwhelm high source impedances or low-bandwidth,micropower signal conditioning circuits. The LTC®2484family of delta sigma converters solves this problem bybalancing the input currents, thussimplifying or eliminatingthe need for signal conditioning circuits.
