Section 8. Operation
406
The absence of these design features causes significant error in the reference
junction temperature measurement.
If the CR6 must be used for thermocouple measurements, and those
measurements must be better than roughly 5 degrees in accuracy, an external
reference junction, such as a
multiplexer
(p. 652),
should be used. In addition, you
should carefully evaluate relevant parts of the
Thermocouple Measurements
section of the
CR1000 Datalogger Operator's Manual
, which is available at
www.campbellsci.com/manuals
.
On the other hand, the CR6 can make amazing thermocouple measurements if you
understands these limitations and work around them. Suggestions are:
•
Use an external charge regulator instead of the internal one.
•
Thermally insulate the enclosure and prevent air currents from changing
the wiring panel temperature
•
Use only one differential measurements and multiplex these through an
AM16/32B multiplexer, terminating the thermocouples on the
multiplexer and getting the reference temperature at the wiring panel of
the well insulated multiplexer.
8.1.2.3 Resistance Measurements — Details
Related Topics:
•
Resistance Measurements — Specifications
(p. 106)
•
Resistance Measurements — Overview
(p. 75)
•
Resistance Measurements — Details
(p. 406)
•
Measurement: RTD, PRT, PT100, PT1000
(p. 326)
By supplying a precise and known voltage to a resistive-bridge circuit and
measuring the returning voltage, resistance can be calculated.
CRBasic instructions for measuring resistance include:
BrHalf()
— half-bridge
BrHalf3W()
— three-wire half-bridge
BrHalf4W()
— four-wire half-bridge
BrFull()
— four-wire full-bridge
BrFull6W()
— six-wire full-bridge
Resistance()
— current-excitation resistance
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Available resistive-bridge completion modules are listed in
Signal Conditioners — List
(p. 653).
The CR6 has six CRBasic bridge-measurement instructions. Table
Resistive-Bridge Circuits with Voltage Excitation shows ideal circuits and related
equations. In the diagrams, resistors labeled R
s
are normally the sensors and
those labeled R
f
are normally precision fixed (static) resistors. CRBasic example
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