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News Release from: Phidgets | Subject: Model 1123
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 January 2008
More precision for voltage sensor
Precision voltage sensor also uses differential inputs, and so does not require a common ground.
The Model 1123 precision voltage sensor from Phidgets measures voltages from - 30 to +30V, and delivers 10x the accuracy of the company's existing Model 1117 voltage sensor The typical error is +/-100mV and the maximum error over the sensor range is +/-500mV
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Oct 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"A lot of our users have been asking for a voltage sensor with lower noise and increased accuracy, and with this new product we now offer two voltage sensors allowing our users to choose the one that meets their requirements", says Chester Fitchett, CEO of Phidgets.
The precision voltage sensor also uses differential inputs and does not require a common ground.
A differential voltage sensor is more flexible than a fixed-point voltage sensor, and has the ability to measure voltages across components or at other points in a circuit.
This is the most common kind of voltage sensor and is the type commonly found in most benchtop and handheld multimeters.
"We have decided to reduce the selling price of the 1117 voltage sensor from C$21.00 to $15.00 - a 28% reduction, for all our customers who do not need the added accuracy", says Bernard Rousseau, Director of Marketing.
"Unlike a lot of our competitors' products that require their users to write some firmware code in order to use their sensor, we are completely 'plug and play'", adds Rousseau.
"With Phidgets, you plug it in and start using it and when it comes to programming, the user, not us, decides which operating system and which computer language he wants to use".
Users can program Phidgets using a simple yet powerful and well documented application programming interface (API) that is supported under Windows (2000, XP, Vista), Windows CE, Mac OS X, and Linux.
Users can write programs in Visual Basic, VB.NET, C#, C/C++, Flash/Flex, Java, LabView, and Matlab and Cocoa.
Phidgets also provides programming examples for all its products to help programmers write their own programs.
The Model 1123 precision voltage sensor is available now with a suggested resale price of C$29.
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