Designing the instrumentation amplifier, with its few external components, appears to be a simple task, but to obtain a reliable design, you must avoid certain traps. You must correctly match the ...

Editor’s note: Here’s an oldie but goodie. EDN editors regularly field requests for copies of articles that predate our online archive, but this Design Idea from our Feb 20, 1986, issue has generated ...

In the first article about measurement systems we looked at sensors as a way to bring data into a measurement system. I explained that a sensor measures physical quantities which are turned into a ...

These days there a large number of sensors and analog circuits that are “controller friendly” meaning that their output signal is easily interfaced to the built-in Analog to Digital Convertors (ADCs) ...

The XTR105, XTR112, and XTR114 from Burr-Brown are a family of two-wire, 4-20 mA current-loop transmitters with instrumentation-amplifier input stages. The front end is designed to be used with a ...

The AD8295 precision instrumentation-amplifier front end from Analog Devices uses 50% less board space than competing amplifier solutions for industrial process controls, precision data acquisition ...

The dual approach of digital and analog lock-in amplifier technologies has continued to advance the precise extraction of weak signals from noise-laden environments. These devices are indispensable in ...