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USB-2533 User's Guide
Functional Details
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Thermocouple input
You can configure up to four analog inputs on the USB-2533 to accept a TC input. Built-in cold-junction
sensors are provided for each of the screw-terminal connectors, and any TC type can be attached to any of the
four thermocouple channels.
When measuring TCs, the USB-2533 can operate in an averaging mode, taking multiple readings on each
channel, applying digital filtering and cold-junction compensation, and then converting the readings to
temperature.
As a result, the USB-2533 measures channels with TCs attached at a rate from 50 Hz to 10 kHz, depending on
how much over-sampling is selected.
Additionally, a rejection frequency can be specified in which over sampling occurs during one cycle of either
50 Hz or 60 Hz, providing a high level of 50 Hz or 60 Hz rejection.
Tips for making accurate temperature measurements
Use as much oversampling as possible.
Warm up the USB-2533 for 60 minutes—including TC wires—so that it is thermally stabilized. This
warm-up time enables the CJC thermistors to more accurately measure the junction at the terminal block.
Make sure the surrounding environment is thermally stabilized and ideally around 20 °C to 30 °C. If the
board’s ambient temperature is changing due to a local heating or cooling source, then the TC junction
temperature may be changing and the CJC thermistor will have a larger error.
Use small-diameter,
instrument-grade
TC wire. Small diameter TC wire has less effect on the TC junction
at the terminal block because less heat is transferred from the ambient environment to the junction.
Use shielded TC wire (see "
" below) with the shield connected to analog common to reduce noise.
The USB-2533 has several analog common pins on both the 68-pin connector and the 40-pin connectors,
and the TB-7 has one analog common screw terminal.
You can also minimize the effect of noise by averaging readings (see "
" below), or combining
both shielding and averaging.
Refer to "
68-pin SCSI connector differential and single-ended pin outs (P5)
" on page 16, and "
Four-channel TC terminal pin out (TB7)"
on page 19 for the locations
of these analog common pins.
Make sure the USB-2533 is mounted on a flat surface.
Be careful to avoid loading down the digital outputs too heavily (>1 mA). Heavy load down causes
significant heat generation inside the unit and increase the CJC thermistor error.
Shielding
Use shielded TC wire with the shield connected to analog common to further reduce noise.
The USB-2533 has one analog common screw-terminal on TB7 and several analog common pins on the headers
(see "
Connecting the board for I/O operations
" starting on page 12). You can connect the shield of a shielded
thermocouple to one of the analog commons. When this connection is made, leave the shield at the other end of
the thermocouple unconnected.
Caution!
Connecting the shield to common at both ends results in a ground loop.
Averaging
Certain acquisition programs apply
averaging
after several samples have been collected. Depending on the
nature of the noise, averaging can reduce noise by the square root of the number of averaged samples.
Although averaging can be effective, it suffers from several drawbacks.