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National Instruments Adds High-Density Strain and High-Voltage Modules to NI CompactDAQ and CompactRIO Hardwar

NEWS RELEASE – Dec. 9, 2008 – National Instruments today announced the expansion of its C Series data acquisition family with the NI 9225 300 V power measurement module as well as the NI 9235 and NI ...
Houston Chronicle

(BW) NI Introduces FPGA-Based Servo Drive Module for CompactRIO; Seven New C Series Modules Provide Strain Accuracy, Increased Channel Density and Isolation

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2006--National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) today announced a new, high-speed H-bridge servo drive module and seven C Series modules for the National Instruments ...
Electronic Design

Gauging the strain

Many conventional strain gages are similar in appearance to Figure 1. A serpentine pattern etched into a metal foil creates a relatively high resistance in a small space. The foil is bonded to a thin ...
Electronic Design

Making Basic Strain Measurements

Strain gages are sensing devices used in a variety of physical test and measurement applications. They change resistance at their output terminals when stretched or compressed. Because of this ...