Notes on strain gauge technology

There are the following listed identities of names of used voltage types within this remaining documentation:

Name

Used

in the I/O Analog Manual

corresponds in this remaining documentation

Supply-/ Excitation voltage

UExc

UV

Bridge-Difference voltage

UBridge

UIN, Udiff or UD

Compensation-/ Reference voltage

USense

Uref or URef

Names of the used voltage types

Notes on strain gauge technology 1:Fig.3: Used names: in the I/O Analog Manual (left), in this remaining documentation (right)

Notice

Notes on strain gauge technology 2:

Further documentation for I/O components with analog in and outputs

Also pay attention to the further documentation:

I/O Analog Manual
Notes on I/O components with analog inputs and outputs,

which is available in the Beckhoff Information-System and for download on the Beckhoff website www.beckhoff.com on the respective product pages!

The content includes the basics of sensor technology and information on analog measured values.