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ADC recommendations for RTD measurement in high EMI environment

Category: Hardware
Product Number: AD7124-4

Hello,

I have to measure temperature using RTDs installed within the coils of a 460V AC variable frequency motor.
The current off-the-shelf DAQ module is quite susceptible to noise, especially when the field frequency is not 50 or 60 Hz (they are optimized to reject power line noise)

I am designing an input board with:

- 1 ADC per RTD, 3 wire connection
- Low pass filter in all inputs
- All ADC isolated thru a galvanic isolator
- SPI or I2C interface
- Good resolution so I can use the design in future applications

There are plenty of 24 bit ADC with dual current sources that can achieve good precision.

Since I do not have any previous experience with the Analog's ADC product line, I am free to use any ADC. I would appreciate if there are "drivers" (libraries that will deal with the register settings) or other example code to easy the coding side.

Do you have any suggestions or favorites for this kind of application?
I see the AD7124 is quite popular. I have the CN0554, CN0391, and especially the CN0376 as references.

Thank you for your help.

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  • PS: How do the AD4110 and AD4130 compare, besides the # of channels?

    Although the AD4110 needs bipolar 15V power and 5 V for the digital section, are there any other cons to be aware?

    Thank you for your help

  • Hi  ,

    You may refer to the "Software and Part Ecosystem" of the AD7124 datasheet (AD7124-4 Datasheet and Product Info | Analog Devices) for the drivers and sample codes.

    The AD4130 and AD7124 are favorites for temperature measurement applications such as RTD, thermocouples, and etc. The AD4130 is designed with much lower power and additional functionality (FIFO &Duty Cycling) than AD7124. It has the same performance as the Low Power Mode of the AD7124 but with a 1/10 of the current consumption. 

    Thanks and regards,

    Rod

  • Rod,

    Thank you for the reply.

    I see that the AD4130 has the same pinout of the AD7124. Do they share similar register structures, except for the added functionality?

    In other words, if I start designing with the AD7124, would I have to rewrite the software if I want to use the AD4130?

    Although power consumption is not a constraint, having lower power will simplify the power requirements of the galvanic isolation.

    The best way to describe what I am designing would be a CN0376 eval board but with 6+ channels instead of 2.

    Is there an evaluation board for an isolated AD4130 in the plans?

    Thank you for your help.

  • Hi,

    Yes, the AD4130 and AD7124 have similar registration structures but not exactly the same. Moreover, you still have to rewrite the software if you want to use the AD4130. 

    There is not yet an evaluation board for an isolated AD4130 right now, but there are plans on developing an EVB and CN for an isolated AD4130 in the future. 

    Thanks and regards,

    Rod

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  • Hi,

    Yes, the AD4130 and AD7124 have similar registration structures but not exactly the same. Moreover, you still have to rewrite the software if you want to use the AD4130. 

    There is not yet an evaluation board for an isolated AD4130 right now, but there are plans on developing an EVB and CN for an isolated AD4130 in the future. 

    Thanks and regards,

    Rod

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