
Appendix B
Measuring Temperature with Resistive Transducers
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3-Wire Resistive Sensor Connected in a 2-Wire Configuration
If you are using a 3-wire resistive sensor, you can reduce the error voltage
by one-half over the 2-wire measurement by connecting the device as
shown in Figure B-7. In this configuration, very little current flows through
R
L3
and therefore
R
L1
is the only lead resistance that introduces an error into
the measurement. The resulting measurement error is:
VE
=
R
L1
I
EX
An advantage of this configuration is that it only requires a single jumper
wire from the SCXI-1581 EX0+ terminal to the SCXI-1102B/C CH0+
terminal.
Figure B-7.
3-Wire Resistive Sensor Connected in a 2-Wire Configuration
R
L1
R
L2
R
T
SCXI-1581
SCXI-1102
+
–
In this configuration, the lead resistance due to
R
L1
can introduce measurement error.
R
L3
Add This
Connection
SCXI-1300
SCXI-1300
EX0+
EX0–
CH0+
CH0–