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Using electrodes with ADuCM350 4 Wire BioZ board

Hi Eoghan,

I would like to ask you for advice.

I do not know if I am doing again something wrong.

Today I wanted to try measure with 4 electrodes system.

I found on the analog device site (4Wire-Isolated-Bioimpedance ADuCM350 Connections To Sensor), that when I want to measure with 4 electrodes I have to remove all links besides (LK7 - LK10) and all R_access resistors. So, I did this. I put the wires on that places and I connected the AD8226 as is pictured in pdf (http://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/application-notes/AN-1302.pdf - page 14 to 15).

The measured output is different that I expected. When I increase the frequency the impedance is increasing. And I also tried to measure the output from AFE8 with oscilloscope and I am not able to measure anything. Maybe the measured impedance is therefore wrong because there is no output or lots of noise.

Thanks in advance

Best regards

Marian

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  • A 2-wire measurement follows all of the same criteria as a 4-wire (non-isolated) measurement, except that the feedback nodes (P and N) are connected to D and T internally to the AFE instead of at the sensor. Therefore, 2-wire measurements are inclusive of access impedance, but give good relative accuracy. Also, the external in-amp is not required for a 2-wire isolated measurement. For a 2-wire measurement using the BioZ board, you should ensure that you remove the connection to the in-amp (LK9 and LK10)

    For the results above, what exactly are you measuring? Is it the circuit shown; 470 ohm + (1 kohm || 10nF)? Is there any access impedance? Is there a current limiting resistor in series? Have you implemented this circuit on the BioZ daughter board or on another piece of hardware? Do the ideal results on the EKSP match the measured results?

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  • A 2-wire measurement follows all of the same criteria as a 4-wire (non-isolated) measurement, except that the feedback nodes (P and N) are connected to D and T internally to the AFE instead of at the sensor. Therefore, 2-wire measurements are inclusive of access impedance, but give good relative accuracy. Also, the external in-amp is not required for a 2-wire isolated measurement. For a 2-wire measurement using the BioZ board, you should ensure that you remove the connection to the in-amp (LK9 and LK10)

    For the results above, what exactly are you measuring? Is it the circuit shown; 470 ohm + (1 kohm || 10nF)? Is there any access impedance? Is there a current limiting resistor in series? Have you implemented this circuit on the BioZ daughter board or on another piece of hardware? Do the ideal results on the EKSP match the measured results?

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