Use NI 9237 with 5 VDC output signal transducer

[NSS19]

Dear Fellows,

Please tell me how to use NI 9237 with torque transducer, which has 12-24 VDC excitation and +/-5 VDC output signal. Is it OK to use external 15 VDC regulated power supply for excitation of transducer? Since NI 9237 can accept up to +/-25 mV/V signal, what instrumentation I can use to can lower transducer output signal to make it work with NI 9237?

Thanks in advance.

[Nathan-M]

The NI 9237 accepts an external excitation up to 10 V. 

From this specification alone, I would not recommend using this particular sensor for your application with the NI 9237. I suggest using a sensor that has a lower excitation voltage requirement. 

[NSS19]

Thank you, Nathan.

I'll try to use NI 9239 with this transducer.

Since transducer is bi-directional, can NI 9239 accept +/- 5 VDC signal?

Sam

[Nathan-M]

Yes! The NI 9239 can accept up to a +- 10 V signal. If you use +-5 V signal then you'll only be using half of the range/resolution available, but it will work.