General M G l Measurement System S

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Amitava Chatterjee 1 Department of Electrical Engg., Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Basic Block Diagram Representation

Sensing element Signal conditioning element Signal processing element Data presentation element

Input (true value)

EP JA AR D TM AV E A PU N MIT T R O AV U F A N E C IV LE H ER C A SI TR TT TY IC ER , K AL JE O E E LK N AT GIN A, EE IN R D IN IA G . ,
Amitava Chatterjee 2 Department of Electrical Engg., Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Output (measured value)

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An Example
resistance

A Typical Weight Measurement System

strain strain gauge secondary deflection bridge mV

input

true weight

pillar load cell

amplifier

primary

sensing

signal conditioning

output

measured weight

visual display units

micro computer ( (linearization)

ADC

data presentation

signal processing

Amitava Chatterjee 3 Department of Electrical Engg., Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India