Notes on strain gauge technology

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

Name	Used
Name	in the I/O Analog Manual	corresponds in this remaining documentation
Supply-/ Excitation voltage	U_Exc	U_V
Bridge-Difference voltage	U_Bridge	U_IN, Udiff or U_D
Compensation-/ Reference voltage	U_Sense	Uref or U_Ref

Names of the used voltage types

Note

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

Pay also attention to the continuative 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 homepage www.beckhoff.com on the respective product pages!

It explains the basics of sensor technology and contains notes on analog measured values.