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Contents
Wheatstone Bridges.........................................................................................2-1
Connection Options to Correct for Resistance Errors .....................................2-2
Remote Sensing.................................................................................2-2
Shunt Calibration ..............................................................................2-4
Quarter-Bridge Type I.......................................................................2-4
Quarter-Bridge Type II .....................................................................2-6
Half-Bridge Type I............................................................................2-8
Half-Bridge Type II ..........................................................................2-10
Full-Bridge Type I ............................................................................2-12
Full-Bridge Type II ...........................................................................2-14
Full-Bridge Type III..........................................................................2-16
Force, Pressure, and Torque Sensor Configurations .......................................2-18
Common-Mode Voltage Considerations.........................................................2-20
Shielding and Grounding Considerations........................................................2-21
Module Pinout .................................................................................................2-21
I/O Connector Signal Description ...................................................................2-23
NI PXIe-4330/4331 Block Diagram ..............................................................................2-23
Signal Acquisition Considerations.................................................................................2-25
Software Scaling and Equations .......................................................2-26
Nyquist Frequency and Nyquist Bandwidth....................................................2-26
ADC.................................................................................................................2-26
Analog Input Filters.........................................................................................2-27
Anti-Alias Filters...............................................................................2-27
Passband............................................................................................2-28
Stopband............................................................................................2-28
Alias-Free Bandwidth .......................................................................2-28
Filter Group Delay ............................................................................2-28