mlx90314 Melexis Company, mlx90314 Datasheet - Page 24

• Manufacturer Part Number: mlx90314
• Description: Programmable Sensor Interface
• Manufacturer: Melexis Company

Figure 10. Application Example
3901090314
Rev 007
Figure 10b. Programmable Oil Pressure Gauge Electrical Connections
Current Mode, which allows the user a 4 to 20 milliampere current range to use as a
2-wire analog sensor.
sharing the same supply and ground reference. A third wiring option is
Figure 10a. Programmable Oil Pressure Gauge
Voltage Mode, in which the output (VMO) is tied to an A/D converter
of the supply voltage. The MLX90314 can be operated in Ratiometric
voltage to the sensor and analog circuit is regulated independent
the IC. This is known as Absolute Voltage Mode, where
regulate the voltage to the sensor and the analog portion of
MLX90314 uses an external FET as a pass transistor to
pressure sensor element. In this application, the
application of the MLX90314 and a bridge type
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This application example illustrates a fundamental
Programmable Oil Pressure Gauge
Programmable Sensor Interface
Communications
Signal Out
GND
V+
MLX90314
Nov/04