Highland Technology Introduces New VME
Strain-Gage Signal Conditioner
Model V385 Adds Precision and Versatility for Bridge-Type Sensor Applications

SAN FRANCISCO, California, August 26, 2003—Highland Technology, Inc., today announced the release of their Model V385 8-Channel VME Strain-Gage Signal Conditioner. The V385 adds individual remote-sensed excitation supplies to each channel, increasing its precision over the Model V380’s single excitation supply. New firmware in the V385 makes it more generally applicable to bridge-type transducer data acquisition.

The Model V380 was designed specifically for weighing applications, but found its greatest use in applications such as airframe testing. Highland created the Model V385 to support more generic strain-gage and load-cell applications with higher precision at faster data acquisition rates.

Key to the V385’s increased precision is a separate remotely-sensed excitation voltage for each channel. Now users can measure up to eight different sensors with different interface cables without the uncertainty of a single sense point for the excitation supply.

The V385’s updated firmware accommodates customer requests for faster access to raw sensor data. A firmware version with weighing-specific functions is also available.

Each differential input channel features a 5- or 10-volt switchable excitation source and a 24-bit ADC. Input impedance is 60 megohms, with a maximum input of 50 mV, and a common-mode rejection ratio greater than 100 dB. The standard version of the V385 delivers raw sensor data, while an instrumentation version is available with advanced filtering and normalization functions.

The price for the Model V385 VME Strain-Gage Signal Conditioner is $2800.

Highland Technology
320 Judah Street
San Francisco, CA 94122

Phone: 415.753.5814 800.473.4418
Fax: 415.753.3301
Email: info@highlandtechnology.com