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Convert Output Signal from Force to Voltage

Hello I was hoping to get help with a simple problem.  Labview program is working great as well as my DAQ board. My honeywell sensotec load cell has a voltage output on labview. We need force instead.  How do I convert the output from a voltage to a force (Newtons) and display in a sinusodial wave?
 
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You need to look at the specs of your load cell to see what voltage it outputs per unit of force (i.e. 10mV/Newton). This mean with 1 Newton of force applied across the cell, it will output 0.010 Volts. You acquire the voltage with your DAQ and need to multiply the reading by the scale factor of your load cell. 1V=100 Newtons in this arbitrary example. You can use a chart or a waveform graph to display the force vs time, depending upon how you are collecting your data.

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The load cell comes with manual and conversion formula. Use the manual to get linear equation from which you could convert the voltage into force.
To confirm the correctness of your formula develop a test method. For instance you could use several weights to estimate your force (Force=mass*acceleration).
Rougly speaking  and assuming the gravitational constant is 9.98 kg/N the (5kg/ 9.98 =0.5 N) (10kg/9.98=  1N), (20kg/9.98 =2N) and so forth.
I did the same thing and it worked.

Note make sure not to exceed the limits of the load cell

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Whats the relationship to voltage measured to the applied load?

 

How to know the load being measured by given millivolt output? 

 

Pls Help.....

 

Any Principles or Conversion in millivolt to Newton?

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