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powered sensor need other than power supply module?

I am trying to connect an OMEGA FTB2000 flow sensor to an NI FP-CTR-500. Do I need another power supply, or will the module be able to power this?

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Hello,

I did a google search for this sensor, and it looks like it takes about 8 mA to driver. This is not a lot of current and should be very easy to supply. However, FieldPoint modules themselves are not capable of driving this, because they do not supply power. The reason is that they are isolated. If they were to supply power, then they would lose their isolation. However, if you would like, you would probably use the same power supply that is powering the FieldPoint back to power the flow sensor, although this will remove isolation from the FieldPoint controller and the FieldPoint module.

Just let me know this comment has spurred any further questions about the use of this sensor.

Best regards,

Justin T.
National Instruments
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