Hi, I'm designing ESD protections to 4-20 loop interface on Beagle Bone 
analogic input. which is the clamp voltage of any TVS zener that i could 
use? Thxs

El martes, 10 de abril de 2018 a las 16:04:08 UTC+2, robson...@gmail.com 
escribió:

> Hi 
>
> As I am also working on beaglebone <https://beagleboard.org/black> to 
> measure 4-20mA sensor output with  Receiver module 
> <https://store.ncd.io/product/4-channel-4-20-ma-current-loop-receiver-16-bit-ads1115-i2c-mini-module/>
>  
> using less power
>
> can anyone help me out with code to interface the 4-20mA current loop 
> Receiver with beaglebone please ??
>
>
>
>
> On Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 10:36:14 PM UTC+5:30, drhun...@gmail.com 
> wrote:
>>
>> There is a TI reference design for 4-20mA loop interfaces 
>> http://www.ti.com/tool/tida-00550. It is designed as a cape.
>> Iain
>>
>> On Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 4:24:45 PM UTC+1, Graham wrote:
>>>
>>> If you would think to Google "4-20 mA receiver" you could learn a lot.
>>>
>>> Peripheral IC's from TI and Maxim that have most everything you need all 
>>> ready designed in.
>>>
>>> Modules you could interface to the BBB, etc.
>>>
>>> Application notes on how to design receivers, and things to worry about, 
>>> common system problems that people have had with this circuit for the last 
>>> 50 years.
>>>
>>> Good luck.
>>>
>>> ==
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 10:03:12 AM UTC-5, Przemek Klosowski 
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  On 8/17/2016 5:26 PM, bali...@gmail.com wrote: 
>>>>
>>>>> I am wondering if a beaglebone black can be used to measure industrial 
>>>>> 4-20 ma loops?  I see there is an ADC feature, but the voltage range is 
>>>>> only to 1.8V.  Is it possible to set it up to work with the standard 
>>>>> 24VDC 
>>>>> circuitry involved with most 4-20ma loops?
>>>>>
>>>>> A 90 ohm resistor carrying 20mA will develop a voltage of 1.8V. This 
>>>> is cutting it a little close, so I recommend 68 ohm, which is a more 
>>>> standard/easier to find value anyway. So, just terminate your 4-20mA line 
>>>> with this resistor, and connect it to the Beaglebone analog input. Of 
>>>> course if you're in an industrial environment you need to watch out for 
>>>> transients, noise and interference, especially since the Beaglebone inputs 
>>>> are famously fragile, so include some serious input protection (e.g. four 
>>>> diodes connected as two anti-parallel 2-diode chains, with a filter cap 
>>>> across it and maybe some series resistance). Then again, you could follow 
>>>> evilwulfie's advice to use a dedicated buffer op-amp.
>>>>
>>>>

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