Contents
NI PXI-4220 User Manual
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Gain/Input Range.............................................................................. 3-3
Offset Null Compensation Potentiometers ....................................... 3-3
Shunt Calibration Switches .............................................................. 3-4
Simultaneous Sample and Hold........................................................ 3-4
Creating a Strain Global Channel or Task........................................ 3-6
Creating a Custom Voltage with Excitation
Global Channel or Task ................................................................. 3-7
Verifying the Signal in NI-DAQmx Using a Task or Global Channel ........... 3-8
Wheatstone Bridges ........................................................................................ 4-1
Strain Gauges .................................................................................................. 4-2
Acronyms, Formulas, and Variable Definitions ............................................. 4-2
Software Scaling and Equations ..................................................................... 4-4
Quarter-Bridge Type I..................................................................................... 4-4
Quarter-Bridge Type II ................................................................................... 4-6
Half-Bridge Type I.......................................................................................... 4-9
Half-Bridge Type II ........................................................................................ 4-11
Full-Bridge Type I .......................................................................................... 4-13
Full-Bridge Type II ......................................................................................... 4-15
Full-Bridge Type III........................................................................................ 4-17
Gain/Input Range ............................................................................................ 4-25
Filter ................................................................................................................ 4-26
Offset Null Compensation .............................................................................. 4-27
Shunt Calibration ............................................................................................ 4-28
Simultaneous Sample and Hold ...................................................................... 4-29
Maximum Acquisition Rate.............................................................. 4-31
Differential Signals........................................................................... 4-31
Common-Mode Rejection Ratio....................................................... 4-31
Effective CMR.................................................................................. 4-32
Timing and Control Functional Overview ...................................................... 4-32
Programmable Function Inputs ....................................................................... 4-33
Device and PXI Clocks ................................................................................... 4-34