If you could please help me with my electronics concepts, what is a current
viewing resistor and how would that be connected? Does this have to do with
sensing voltage at both sides of the resistor to get a voltage drop
mesurement?
Thanks
Luis
"markwysong" wrote in message
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> The answer to your question is yes, but it resides on a different form
> factor than the 5B series. To attain those types of sample rates,
> your are going to need a Multifuntion I/O board (MIO) installed on a
> PC. To get the signal conditioning you want, you'll need an SCXI
> chassis (Signal Conditioning eXtensions for Instrumentation), and a
> conditioning card. I believe what you'll need is a current viewing
> resistor, and sample the voltage on that CVR. Therefore, you'll be
> able to see the max voltage that occurred and the current (you could
> use two separate channels configured as differential). This would
> definitely do what you want, as MIO scan rates can go as high as 1.25
> Ms/S. However, keep the resolution in mind--there are 12 and 16 bit
> MIO boards.
>
> Mark