Campbell Scientific 4WPB10 User Manual

4WPB100, 4WPB1K PRT Bridge
Terminal Input Modules
Revision: 12/06
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4WPB100, 4WPB1K Table of Contents
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1. Function........................................................................1
2. Specifications ..............................................................1
3. Wiring............................................................................2
4. Programming Examples..............................................3
4.1 CR10(X) ...................................................................................................5
4.2 21X...........................................................................................................5
4.3 CR7...........................................................................................................6
4.4 CR9000X..................................................................................................6
4.5 CR1000.....................................................................................................7
5. PRT in 4 Wire Half Bridge ...........................................7
Figures
Tables
5.1 Excitation Voltage....................................................................................8
5.2 Calibrating a PRT.....................................................................................8
1-1. Terminal Input Module ...........................................................................1
2-1. Circuit Schematic....................................................................................2
3-1. Wiring for Example Programs ................................................................2
3-1. 4WPB100/4WPB1K Connections to Campbell Scientific Dataloggers..3 4-1. Excitation Voltage for 100 Ohm PRT in 4WPB100 Based on
Maximum Temperature and Input Voltage Range...............................3
4-2. Excitation Voltage for 1000 Ohm PRT in 4WPB1000 Based on
Maximum Temperature and Input Voltage Range...............................4
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4WPB100, 4WPB1K PRT Bridge Terminal Input Modules

1. Function

Terminal input modules connect directly to the datalogger's input terminals to provide completion resistors for resistive bridge measurements, voltage dividers, and precision current shunts. The 4WPB100 and 4WPB1K are used to provide completion resistors for 4 wire half bridge measurements of 100 Ohm and 1 killohm Platinum Resistance Thermometer (PRT), respectively.
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2. Specifications

FIGURE 1-1. Terminal Input Module
Current limiting 10 kOhm Resistor Tolerance @ 25 °C ±5% Power rating 0.25 W
Completion Resistor Tolerance @ 25 °C ±0.01% Temperature coefficient 0-60 °C
-55-125 °C Power rating 0.25 W
4 ppm/°C 8 ppm/°C
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Vx
HI
LO
HI
LO
GND
FIGURE 2-1. Circuit Schematic

3. Wiring

The Terminal input module is connected to the appropriate channel. The dashed lines in Figure 2-1 indicate the sensor wiring. When making 4 wire half bridge measurements, the 4WPB is connected to a differential channel and the sense leads from the PRT to the next differential channel. The black excitation wire is connected to the excitation channel. In th e following examples the 4WPB is connected to differential channel 1 and the PRT to differential channel 2; the excitation wire is connected to excitation channel 1 (Figure 3-1).
10k
0.01%
5%
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GND
Datalogger
Ex1
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FIGURE 3-1. Wiring for Example Programs
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TABLE 3-1. 4WPB100/4WPB1K Connections to
Campbell Scientific Dataloggers
Function
Excitation Black Wire E1 EX1 Excitation 1 V1 High H 1H 1H 1H V1 Low L 1L 1L 1L Ground G AG
Label/Lead

4. Programming Examples

The following examples simply show the two instructions necessary to 1) make the measurement and 2) calculate the temperature. The result of the 4 wire half bridge measurement as shown is Rs/Ro, the input required for the PRT algorithm to calculate temperature. Note that “Full Bridge” is shown as the name for measurement Instruction 9 (used with CR10(X), 21X, and CR7). When Instruction 9 is used with the first measurement range not set to the maximum input range, it becomes a four wire half bridge measurement.
All the examples are for a 100 Ohm PRT in the 4WPB100. The excitation voltages used were chosen with the assumption that the temperature would not exceed 50 °C. Tables 4-1 and 4-2 list excitation voltage as a function of maximum temperature and the input voltage ranges used with the different dataloggers. Calculation of optimum excitation voltage is discussed in Section
5.1.
CR10X, CR510
CR23X, CR1000, CR800, CR850, CR3000
21X, CR7, CR9000X
TABLE 4-1. Excitation Voltage for 100 Ohm PRT in
4WPB100 Based on Maximum Temperature and Input
Voltage Range
Excitation Voltage, mV
Max.
Temp
°C
50 119.4 2035 4070 100 138.5 1758 3516 150 157.31 1551 3101 200 175.84 1390 2780 250 194.07 1262 2523 300 212.02 1157 2314 350 229.67 1070 2140 400 247.04 997 1993 450 264.11 934 1867 500 280.9 879 1759 550 297.39 832 1664 600 313.59 790 1581
PRT
Resistance
Ohms
±25 mV Input
Range, CR10(X),
CR800, CR850,
CR1000
±50 mV
Range, 21X,
CR7, CR3000,
CR9000X
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650 329.51 753 1507 700 345.13 720 1441 750 360.47 691 1382 800 375.51 664 1328 850 390.26 640 1280
TABLE 4-2. Excitation Voltage for 1000 Ohm PRT in
4WPB1000 Based on Maximum Temperature and Input Volta
Excitation Voltage, mV
Max.
Temp.
°C
PRT
Resist.
Ohms
±200 mV Input
Range
CR9000X
50 1194. 1959 2448 4897 100 1385. 1716 2145 4291 150 1573.1 1535 1919 3837 200 1758.4 1394 1743 3486 250 1940.7 1282 1603 3205 300 2120.2 1190 1488 2976 350 2296.7 1114 1393 2786 400 2470.4 1050 1313 2625 450 2641.1 995 1244 2488 500 2809. 948 1184 2369 550 2973.9 906 1133 2265 600 3135.9 870 1087 2174 650 3295.1 837 1047 2093 700 3451.3 808 1011 2021 750 3604.7 783 978 1956 800 3755.1 759 949 1898 850 3902.6 738 923 1845
Range
±250 mV Input
Range CR10(X),
CR1000, CR800,
CR850
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±500 mV Input
Range 21X,
CR7, CR3000
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4.1 CR10(X)

01: Full Bridge w/mv Excit (P9) 1: 1 Reps 2: 23 ±25 mV 60 Hz Rejection Ex Range 3: 23 ±25 mV 60 Hz Rejection Br Range 4: 1 DIFF Channel 5: 1 Excite all reps w/Exchan 1 6: 2035 mV Excitation 7: 1 Loc [ Rs_Ro ] 8: 1.0 Mult 9: 0 Offset
02: Temperature RTD (P16) 1: 1 Reps 2: 1 R/Ro Loc [ Rs_Ro ] 3: 2 Loc [ Temp_C ] 4: 1 Mult 5: 0 Offset

4.2 21X

1: Full Bridge w/mv Excit (P9) 1: 1 Reps 2: 3 ± 50 mV Slow Ex Range 3: 3 ± 50 mV Slow Br Range 4: 1 DIFF Channel 5: 1 Excite all reps w/Exchan 1 6: 4070 mV Excitation 7: 1 Loc [ Rs_Ro ] 8: 1.0 Mult 9: 0.0 Offset
2: Temperature RTD (P16) 1: 1 Reps 2: 1 R/RO Loc [ Rs_Ro ] 3: 2 Loc [ Temp_C ] 4: 1.0 Mult 5: 0.0 Offset
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4.3 CR7

1: Full Bridge w/mv Excit (P9) 1: 1 Reps 2: 3 ± 15 mV Slow Range 3: 3 ± 15 mV Slow Range 4: 1 In Card 5: 1 DIFF Channel 6: 1 Ex Card 7: 1 Ex Channel 8: 1 Meas/Ex 9: 4070 mV Excitation 10: 1 Loc [ Rs_Ro ] 11: 1.0 Mult 12: 0.0 Offset
2: Temperature RTD (P16) 1: 1 Reps 2: 1 R/RO Loc [ Rs_Ro ] 3: 2 Loc [ Temp_C ] 4: 1.0 Mult 5: 0.0 Offset

4.4 CR9000X

'CR9000X Datalogger
Public Rs_Ro, Temp_F
DataTable (Temp_F,1,-1) DataInterval (0,0,0,10) Sample (1,Temp_F,FP2) EndTable
BeginProg Scan (1,mSec,0,0) BrHalf4W (Rs_Ro,1,mV50,mV50,4,1,5,7,1,4070,True,True,30,40,1.0,0) PRT (Temp_F,1,Rs_Ro,1.8,32) CallTable Temp_F NextScan EndProg
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4.5 CR1000

'CR1000 Series Datalogger
Public Rs_R0, Temp_C
DataTable (Hourly,True,-1) DataInterval (0,60,Min,0) Average (1,Temp_C,IEEE4,0) EndTable
BeginProg Scan (1,Sec,0,0) BrHalf4W (Rs_R0,1,mV25,mV25,1,Vx1,1,2035,True ,True ,0,250,1.0,0) PRT (Temp_C,1,Rs_R0,1.0,0) CallTable Hourly NextScan EndProg

5. PRT in 4 Wire Half Bridge

A 4 wire half bridge is the best choice for accuracy where the Platinum Resistance Thermometer (PRT) is separated from other bridge completion resistors by a lead length having more than a few thousandths of an Ohm resistance. Four wires to the sensor allow one set of wires to carry the excitation current and a separate set of sense wires that allow the voltage across the PRT to be measured without the effect of any voltage drop in the excitation leads.
Figure 2-1 shows the circuit used to measure the PRT. The 10 kOhm resistor allows the use of a high excitation voltage and low voltage ranges on the measurements. This insures that noise in the excitation does not have an effect on signal noise and that self heating of the PRT due to excitation is kept to a minimum. Because the fixed resistor (R approximately the same resistance, the differential measurement of the voltage drop across the PRT can be made on the same range as the differential measurement of the voltage drop across R
The result of the four wire half bridge Instruction is:
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the voltage drop is equal to the current (I), times the resistance thus:
) and the PRT (Rs) have
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1
=
IRRR
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=
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The RTD Instruction (16) computes the temperature (°C) for a DIN 43760 standard PRT from the ratio of the PRT resistance at the temperature being measured (R
) to its resistance at 0°C (R0). Thus, a multiplier of Rf/R0 is used
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with the 4 wire half bridge instruction to obtain the desired intermediate, R = (R
x Rf/Ro). If Rf and R0 are equal, the multiplier is 1.
s/Rf
The fixed resistor must be thermally stable. The 4 ppm/°C temperature coefficient would result in a maximum error of 0.05 °C at 60 °C. The 8 ppm/°C temperature coefficient would result in a maximum error of 0.33 °C at 125 °C. Because the measurement is ratiometric (R the absolute values of either R not affect the result.

5.1 Excitation Voltage

The best resolution is obtained when the excitation voltage is large enough to cause the signal voltage to fill the measurement voltage range. The voltage drop across the PRT is equal to the current, I, multiplied by the resistance of the PRT, R measure a temperature in the range of -10 to 40°C, the maximum voltage drop will be at 40°C when R voltage that can be used when the measurement range is ±25 mV, we assume
equal to 25 mV and use Ohm's Law to solve for the resulting current, I.
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, and is greatest when Rs is greatest. For example, if it is desired to
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=115.54 Ohms. To find the maximum excitation
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s/R0
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s/Rf
or Rf, the properties of the 10 kOhm resistor do
s
V
is equal to I multiplied by the total resistance:
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If the actual resistances were the nominal values, the 25 mV range would not be exceeded with V resistances, it is decided to set V resistor is 5% low, then R V to keep V

5.2 Calibrating a PRT

The greatest source of error in a PRT is likely to be that the resistance at 0 °C deviates from the nominal value. Calibrating the PRT in an ice bath can correct this offset and any offset in the fixed resistor in the Terminal Input Module.
The result of the 4 wire half bridge is:
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I = 25 mV/R
= 2.2 V. To allow for the tolerances in the actual
x
less than 25 mV).
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= 25 mV/115.54 Ohms
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= 0.216 mA
= I(R1+Rs+Rf) = 2.21 V
V
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equal to 2.1 volts (e.g., if the 10 kOhm
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/(R1+Rs+Rf)=115.54/9715.54, and Vx must be 2.102
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With the PRT at 0 °C, R reciprocal of the multiplier required to calculate temperature, R making a measurement with the PRT in an ice bath, errors in both R
. Thus, the above result becomes Ro/Rf, the
s=Ro
f/R0
. By
and Ro.
s
can be accounted for.
To perform the calibration, connect the PRT to the datalogger and program the datalogger to measure the PRT with the 4 wire half bridge as shown in the example section (multiplier = 1). Place the PRT in an ice bath (@ 0°C;
). Read the result of the bridge measurement. The reading is Rs/Rf,
R
s=R0
which is equal to R
since Rs=Ro. The correct value of the multiplier, Rf/R0,
o/Rf
is the reciprocal of this reading. For example, if the initial reading is 0.9890, the correct multiplier is: R
= 1/0.9890 = 1.0111.
f/R0
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