In the industrial environment, there are many examples where force is to be converted to a measurable electrical output.

In most cases, a strain gauge bar meter in a load cell is used. But the question is, how should we handle these electrical output measurements? In this situation, the M485-AD16DA12 ID certainly is the best choice. Not only can the module process data from a load cell or bar meter, it also has linear mapping that can be used to directly convert the resulting data to weight via a custom correspondent table. M485-AD16DA12 ID supports full-bridge voltage meters and provides 2 analog input channels, 1 excitation voltage output channel, 1 digital input channels and 4 digital output channels. The module has a programmable input range (± 15 mV, ± 50 mV, ± 100 mV, ± 500 mV, ± 1 V and ± 2.5 V), and each analog input channel can be configured individually. Excitation voltage output may be in the range 0 ~ +10 V with a driving efficiency of 40 mA. Digital output channels can also be set as high or low alarm outputs.