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PSØ21 - Digital Amplifier for Strain Gages

Precision of a Single Measurement

 

The precision of a single measurement (AVRate = 1) depends on 2 parameters:

  • The measurement range
  • The discharge time

 

As long as the update rate is not higher than 5 kHz we recommend working with measurement range 2. Setting the discharge time to 50 -100 µs, PSØ21 has the performance shown in the table on the right.

 

Internal Averaging

 

PSØ21 internally improves the precision of the measurement results by averaging. The measuring principle guarantees that no significant systematic errors affect the result. The standard deviation is improved by the square root of the averaging rate.

 

Averaging

RMS Noise without averaging

(2 kHz update rate):

Vcc

SINC3

Fast-settle

5 V

0.66 µV

1.15 µV

3 V

0.51 µV

0.88 µV

2.5 V

0.57 µV

0.98 µV

RMS Noise with 400-fold averaging

(5 Hz update rate):

Vcc

SINC3

Fast-settle

5 V

0.026 µV

0.045 µV

3 V

0.024 µV

0.041 µV

2.5 V

0.024 µV

0.041 µV