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News Release from: Magna Projects and Instruments | Subject: DSC/D-Cell evaluation kits
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 December 2001
Evaluation kits take the strain
digitally
Magna Projects and Instruments is able to supply evaluation kits for Mantracourt's DSC digital strain card and D-Cell digital strain puck for only GBP 125 plus carriage and VAT.
Magna Projects and Instruments is able to supply evaluation kits for Mantracourt's DSC digital strain card and D-Cell digital strain puck for only GBP 125 plus carriage and VAT These compact units allow virtually any strain gauge device such as pressure transducers and load cells as well as strain gauges to be connected to the input
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Add a 12V power supply and a computer via the built-in RS232 or RS485 port, and the strain gauge device can be programmed to provide readings directly in engineering units at speeds of up to 100Hz and resolutions up to 19bit.
The communications ports are available in a range of Fieldbus protocols: ASCII, MODBus, Mantrabus and CANOpen.
The evaluation kits contain any chosen DSC or D-Cell, an RS232-RS485 convertor, computer and power supply leads, a manual and an evaluation copy of the VisualLINK rapid application development software package, a graphical program designed for easy development of process control applications.
VisualLINK will allow the DSC or D-Cell to be configured and the output displayed in a variety of formats.
A "key" must be purchased to allow the application to run without a periodic message appearing, however.
The manual contains instructions for communicating with the modules using other packages.
The DSC and D-Cell intelligent strain gauge conditioning modules provide a cost-effective, speedy and accurate means of connecting field devices to computer monitoring and control systems.
They are extremely useful for research and development applications as well as for OEM equipment builders.
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