Specifications

Sensors
Pressure sensors and weigh scales (force sensing)
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CPU, temperature sensor, and
digital interface.
Two types of signal conditioners are
commonly used: analog signal-path
conditioner (analog conditioner)
and digital signal-path conditioner
(digital conditioner). Analog condi-
tioners have a faster response time
and provide a continuous-output
signal, reflecting changes on the
input signal. They generally have a
hardwired (inflexible) compensation
scheme. Digital conditioners, which
are usually microcontroller based,
have slower response times because
of latencies introduced by the ADC
and DSP routines. The ADC resolu-
tion should be reviewed to minimize
quantization errors. The biggest
benefit of digital signal conditioners
is the flexibility of the compensation
algorithms which can be adapted to
the user’s application.
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