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Chapter 4
Theory of Operation
NI PXI-4220 User Manual
4-26
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Offset Null Compensation
The NI PXI-4220 provides offset null compensation to adjust signal
voltages to proper levels when the strain gauge or bridge sensor is at rest
(unstrained). For most sensors offset null compensation is used to remove
an initial voltage offset from the Wheatstone bridge. Many strain gauge
signal conditioning devices use a manually adjusted multiturn screw
potentiometer for offset null compensation. In the NI PXI-4220, offset
null compensation is performed electronically using software-controlled
electronic potentiometers.
Two offset null compensation potentiometers are used, one for coarse
adjustments and the other for fine adjustments. The sum of the
two potentiometer signals is added to the analog input path to adjust the
signal voltage to remove the offset, which nulls the strain-gauge channel.
The voltage input to the potentiometers is a voltage proportional to the
excitation voltage setting. Therefore, if the excitation voltage changes by
a small amount due to changes such as temperature and sensor loading,
the correction signal produced by the potentiometers changes by the same
amount and the offset null compensation is maintained.
The offset null compensation potentiometers are controlled digitally using
control codes. The control codes of the potentiometers are set in software
using integer values. The coarse potentiometer ranges from 0 to 127 and the
fine potentiometer from 0 to 4,095. The span of correction (the voltage
nulling range) for each potentiometer depends on the channel gain setting.
Table 4-2 summarizes the nulling range and scale of the control codes.
In most cases, you do not explicitly set the offset null compensation
potentiometers, but instead allow the NI-DAQmx driver software to
automatically adjust them for you. This can be done in MAX.
Table 4-2.
Control Codes for Coarse and Fine Null Potentiometers
Offset Null
Compensation
Potentiometer
Range
(Integer Values)
Mid-Scale
Module Channel
Gain Settings
Approximate
Correction Span
at Analog Input
Coarse
0 to 127
62
≥
20
V
EX
/10
<20
2
×
V
EX
Fine
0 to 4095
2047
≥
20
V
EX
/364
<20
V
EX
/18
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