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Help wiring a single load cell

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Yowiz
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Help wiring a single load cell

hello all.

just got the new LabJack u6-pro and trying to connect it to 8 diffrent load cells.

so the load cell is a single point and has 6 wires :

+sense       +exc

-sig            +sig

-sense        -exc

until now the loadcells were connected to a data logger and i want to try it with the labjack (due to resolution).

i am very new with the labjack and tried to read the manual but could not figure it out..

any details missing ?

can someone help me ?

thanks!

LabJack Support
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I suggest you start by

I suggest you start by ignoring the +/-sense wires and just use the +/-signal and +/-excitation wires to get going.  See the following forum topic about bridge circuits (a raw load cell is a bridge circuit) and in particular see post #13:

https://forums.labjack.com/index.php?showtopic=4376