Easy way to integrate strain gauge sensors with digital controls

Using the AED with a PC is said to make it quick and easy to activate a wide range of transducer electronics equipped with different fieldbus interfaces, such as CANOpen, DeviceNet and Profibus DP V1, as well as RS232 and RS485 serial interfaces.

Efficient digital filters, sampling rate adjustment, characteristic curves, linearisation and more than 100 structured commands can be parameterised in this way. The different fieldbus interfaces ensure that there is never any problem integrating into a wide variety of super-ordinate applications. All the inputs and outputs of the transducer electronics are electrically isolated.

The compact AED transducer electronics are sealed to IP65 so they may be used in harsh ambient conditions; if required, the equipment can therefore be fitted near to the strain gauge transducer.

AED transducer electronics are suitable both for static and dynamic applications - for example, in batching and weighing technology. Standard weighing systems can easily be upgraded to legal-for-trade systems with the use of encryption technology in conjunction with the DWS2103 scale display. No investment in digital load cells is required to achieve this. HBM's DWS2103 also enables connection to Ethernet-based systems.

Further information at www.hbm.com.