Technical Description
Welletronics’ vibrating wire peripherals enable data loggers to read vibrating wire sensors (also known as vibrating wire or vibrating strip transducers). These sensors measure strain, load, pressure, and water level, and they output a frequency signal generated by a vibrating filament.
The WTC-5209 Analyzer is an 4-channel interface for dynamic measurements of standard vibrating wire sensors. With the WTC-5209 interface, you can operate any standard vibrating wire sensor at ”dynamic” rates to achieve faster and better measurements without having to purchase or install new sensors.
The interface measures the resonant frequency of the wire between excitations using vibrating wire spectral-analysis technology, which provides very fine measurement resolution and limits the influence of external noise by discriminating between signal and noise based on frequency content. Because of this technology, the signal can be carried through longer cables in harsher noise environments, giving you flexibility in your sensor and data-acquisition system siting, while providing sensor diagnostics never available before.
