shunt resistor

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mlkcampion

Joined Nov 16, 2006
59
The circuit i have consists of one circuit which can carry anything up to
50Adc at 12vDC. A shunt resistor (60mV = 100A) is placed in series with this
circuit and thus produces a voltage drop between 0mV and 60mV depending on the current. Iam tyring to read this voltage into a PLC and i have placed an
op-amp circuit giving me a gain of 50. This op-amp circuit is supplied via a 24vDC supply and i have commoned the two power supplies. My problem is when i measure the voltage across the shunt i get for example 10mV however when i measure across the 4.7uf capacitor (see circuit) i end up getting something like 16mV. What i dont understand is that the + and - of the shunt and the + and - of the capcitor are effectively the same points in the circuit?

With the mV signal i would have expected a voltage drop due to maybe the wiring which i've shortened as much as i can but there still seems to be this error? if anyone knows of another way of acheiving the same thing with the shunt i would appreciate it?

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mlkcampion

Joined Nov 16, 2006
59
Hey Joe
Yea i've tried that but it still wont open. I just check the picture that i attached, can you please note that i actually have a ground (pspice ground) to the left of the picture, i just noiced that i cut it out by accident.

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Dave

Joined Nov 17, 2003
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Hey Joe
Yea i've tried that but it still wont open. I just check the picture that i attached, can you please note that i actually have a ground (pspice ground) to the left of the picture, i just noiced that i cut it out by accident.

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Strange, you should be able to either open or download the file. You haven't got file downloads disabled have you? If not can you screenshot the corruption error?

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Dave

Joined Nov 17, 2003
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No i dont, it downloads ok, just opening is the problem
Then it must be an issue with your PDF reader. I would suggest you update to the latest version; if you're using Adobe Reader update to version 7.0.9 - I can confirm it opens fine with version 7.0.9 - or version 8.

Dave
 

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mlkcampion

Joined Nov 16, 2006
59
Hey
Thanks for that,
i was able to download these. I ran a few more simulations and even
though got slightly different results, i kinda get what you were sayin bout the
ground. I am still working on the problem because simulating is one thing but trying to find the problem on the physical wiring ain't shown up much.

Thanks
 
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