Virtual Instrumentation for load cell signal processing

Abstract

In different spheres of everyday life it is very important to determine the weight of substances, objects and peoples. Strain gauges are widely used in load cells for electronic scales. However, the signal from these transducers presents noise due to various factors. This work presents a virtual instrument developed in LabVIEW for acquisition and processing of the AC108B/BW load cell signal. A moving average digital filter was developed, in order to decrease the amplitude of the signal noise.

Keywords

• digital filter
• load cell
• moving average
• strain gauge
• virtual instrument