Wheatstone Bridge-MCP6N11 Testing

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ayractgc

Joined Feb 3, 2018
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I want to test wheatstone bridge circuit wtih an instrumental amplifier MCP6N11.First of all, i tested all of the system totally but it didn't work so ı tested wheatstone bridge
and it worked.But I want to test MCP6N11.I give a signal from the pin 2 and pin 3 , 1khz and 1Vpp. I connected 2 resistance 2k and 1k as a gain resistance between pin 5 and pin6 .ı connected pin 1 between these pins.ı connected power supply to pin 7 and pin 4. Finally ı connected pin8 to the ground so it connected to the pin4.I give 5 V power to the amplifier.But i didn't take any result from the ossiloscope.Should ı add a resistor or something?
 

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ericgibbs

Joined Jan 29, 2010
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hi ay,
Check pin #5 Vref on the datasheet.
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You have pin #8 connected to 0V, so the Amp is in the CAL mode.??
 

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ayractgc

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thanks for your answer,
ı forgot to write that ı connected pin8 to the ground but ı changed it and ı connected it to the power supply 5V.But still not working
For pin5,
this is the block diagram so ı connected it like here.
 

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MrChips

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If you apply a 1kHz signal at the bridge, you get a difference signal at the arms of the bridge. This gets amplified by the MCP6N11 instrumentation amplifier and output appears on pin-6.

Make sure pin-8 EN/CAL is connected to VDD, pin-7.
 

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ayractgc

Joined Feb 3, 2018
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If you apply a 1kHz signal at the bridge, you get a difference signal at the arms of the bridge. This gets amplified by the MCP6N11 instrumentation amplifier and output appears on pin-6.

Make sure pin-8 EN/CAL is connected to VDD, pin-7.
Can ı test it singly with 1khz 1Vpp input pins?
Pin8 is connected to the pin7 ,picture is wrong ı am sorry.
 

ericgibbs

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hi ay,
No do not add that 10K, its referring to the 0.9K output impedance of the amp.
It is important that the Vref is sourced from a low impedance drive ie: OPA output or a simple 2.5V zener would be OK for testing your project.
Lets know it goes.
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ayractgc

Joined Feb 3, 2018
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hi ay,
No do not add that 10K, its referring to the 0.9K output impedance of the amp.
It is important that the Vref is sourced from a low impedance drive ie: OPA output or a simple 2.5V zener would be OK for testing your project.
Lets know it goes.
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Still it is not working.I connected Pin8 to the Vdd
and I connected Vref Vdd/2.
But it didn't work :/
 

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ericgibbs

Joined Jan 29, 2010
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hi a,
I will look over your images, see what I can find.
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The images look OK, except pin #5 cannot be seen clearly connected to the 10k?
What voltage do you measure from pins #3 and #4 relative to 0V.?
 

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ayractgc

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hi a,
I will look over your images, see what I can find.
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I have a 100 V/V gain amplifier.But I set up my circuit 2V/V gain.In the data sheet it is written that Gmin is 100V/V for gain 100 amplifier.Is it problem about that?Should ı use 100 gain for this circuit?

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ayractgc

Joined Feb 3, 2018
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hi a,
I will look over your images, see what I can find.
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EDIT:
The images look OK, except pin #5 cannot be seen clearly connected to the 10k?
What voltage do you measure from pins #3 and #4 relative to 0V.?
1k is connected to the Pin5 and 2k is connected to the 2k ohm
 

ericgibbs

Joined Jan 29, 2010
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hi,
A marked up circuit diagram, showing the component values and the way pins 3 & 4 are connected, would be helpful.
These two images show the d/s circuits.
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