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DC Signal Conditioning System

The document describes a DC signal conditioning system. It includes resistance transducers like strain gauges in a Wheatstone bridge circuit powered by a DC supply. The bridge is calibrated and balanced using a potentiometer. The output passes through a DC amplifier with balanced differential inputs, high common mode rejection, and high input impedance. It then passes through a low pass filter to remove high frequency noise before producing the final DC output. The main disadvantage is drift over time which requires low drift DC amplifiers.

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DC Signal Conditioning System

The document describes a DC signal conditioning system. It includes resistance transducers like strain gauges in a Wheatstone bridge circuit powered by a DC supply. The bridge is calibrated and balanced using a potentiometer. The output passes through a DC amplifier with balanced differential inputs, high common mode rejection, and high input impedance. It then passes through a low pass filter to remove high frequency noise before producing the final DC output. The main disadvantage is drift over time which requires low drift DC amplifiers.

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D.C.

SIGNAL CONDITIONING SYSTEM

The block diagram of d.c. signal conditioning system is shown in the Fig

The resistance transducers are commonly used for the d.c. systems. The resistance transducers like
strain gauge forms one or more arms of a wheatstone bridge circuit. A separate d.c. supply is
required for the bridge. The bridge is balanced using potentiometer and can be calibrated for
unbalanced conditions. This is the function of Cdlibration and zeroing network. Then there is d.c.
amplifier which also reqUIres i..l separate d.c. supply.
The d.c. amplifier must have following characteristics:
1. Balanced differential inputs.
2. High common mode rejection ratio. (CMRR)
3. Hlgh input impedance.
4. Good thermal and long term stability.
The d.c. system has following advantages:
1. It is easy to calibrate at low frequencies.
2. It is able to recover from an overload condition.
But the main disadvantage of d.c. system is that it suffers from the problems of drift.The
low frequency spurious unwanted signals are available alongwith the required data signal. For
overcoming this, low drift d.c. amplifiers are required.
The output of d.c. amplifier is given to a low pass filter. The function of low pass filter is to
elliminate unwanted high frequency components or noise from the required data signzd. Thus the
output of low pass filter is the required data signal. Thus the output of low pass filter is the
required d.c. output from the d.c. signal conditioning system.
/\ typical electronic aided measurement system is as shown in the Fig

The first stage is the input device which is nothing but a transducer which converts
measurand into an usable form i.e. electrical signal. In other words, the quantity measured is
encoded as an electrical signal. The next stage modifies the electrical signal in the form suitable for
the output or read-out devices. Generally the most frequently used electronic circuits are
amplifiers, with parameter adjustments and automatic compensation circuits specially used for
temperature variation. of the input device and non-linearities of the input device. The output is
obtained from read-out devices such as meter, recorder, printer,display units etc.
In general, the quantity which is measured by using transducer can be encoded in different
ways. For example, as a physical or chemical quantity or property, as a characteristics of the
electrical signal, as a number. The property or different characteristics used to represent a data is
called data domain.
The electronic aided measurement system represents the measurement of physical quantity
faithfully in the analog or digital form of it obtained from the signal conditioning circuits. For
passive transducers, the signal conditioning circuit mainly' includes excitation and amplification
circuitry, while for active transducers, only amplification circuitry is needed and the excitation is
not needed. Depending on the type of the excitation either a.c. or d.c. source, we have a.c. signal
conditioning system and d.c. signal conditioning system.

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