Section 8. Operation
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Ac Noise Rejection on Large Signals
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Restated, when the CR800 is programmed to use the half-cycle 50 Hz or 60 Hz rejection techniques, a sensor does
not see a continuous excitation of the length entered as the settling time before the second measurement — if the
settling time entered is greater than one-half cycle. This causes a truncated second excitation. Depending on the
sensor used, a truncated second excitation may cause measurement errors.
Signal Settling Time
Settling time allows an analog voltage signal to settle closer to the true magnitude
prior to measurement. To minimize measurement error, signal settling is needed
when a signal has been affected by one or more of the following:
•
A small transient originating from the internal multiplexing that connects
a CR800 terminal with measurement circuitry
•
A relatively large transient induced by an adjacent excitation conductor
on the signal conductor, if present,because of capacitive coupling during
a bridge measurement
•
Dielectric absorption. 50 Hz or 60 Hz integrations require a relatively
long reset time of the internal integration capacitor before the next
measurement.
The rate at which the signal settles is determined by the input settling time
constant, which is a function of both the source resistance and fixed-input
capacitance (3.3 nfd) of the CR800.
Rise and decay waveforms are exponential. Figure
Input Voltage Rise and
Transient Decay
(p. 319)
shows rising and decaying waveforms settling closer to the
true signal magnitude, V
so
. The
SettlingTime
parameter of an analog
measurement instruction allows tailoring of measurement instruction settling
times with 100 µs resolution up to 50000 µs.
Programmed settling time is a function of arguments placed in the
SettlingTime
and
Integ
parameters of a measurement instruction. Argument combinations and
resulting settling times are listed in table
CRBasic Measurement Settling Times
(p.
Default settling times (those resulting when
SettlingTime
=
0
) provide
sufficient settling in most cases. Additional settling time is often programmed
when measuring high-resistance (high-impedance) sensors or when sensors
connect to the input terminals by long leads.
Measurement time of a given instruction increases with increasing settling time.
For example, a 1 ms increase in settling time for a bridge instruction with input
reversal and excitation reversal results in a 4 ms increase in time for the CR800 to
perform the instruction.
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