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hellpingui

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Analog Inputs negative voltage
« on: June 22, 2010, 05:37:23 AM »
Hi,

I would like to know if the analog inputs accept a negative voltage (eg -400 mV to 400 mV).
This voltage is provided by a PH probe


thank you in advance for your answers

Sorry for my English  :-[

Damien (France)

jason

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Re: Analog Inputs negative voltage
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2010, 09:29:18 AM »
I don't thin that will work. The analog input pin is 0-5v only.

A potential work around is using the +5v and ground pin of an I/O channel to power a 2.5v regulator.  Then connect the PH probe ground wire to the 2.5v voltage regulator output instead of the IO-204's ground.   This way the IO-204 will measure the voltage range as 2.1v to 2.9v.

There are many 2.5v voltage regulators to choose from. Here is an example:
http://www.national.com/mpf/LM/LM2937-2.5.html#Overview
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