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The VBOX Thermocouple module takes 8 thermocouple
inputs and converts them to CAN. It is primarily designed to connect to a VBOX
II DGPS and allows the user to log thermocouple data along with the normal
channels of VBOX data. Because the module is connected via CAN to the VBOX this
means that the conversion to CAN is carried out very close to the temperature
source.
The range of the thermocouple module is -100 to +1200
°C, and a 24 bit A-D is used for conversion.
There is an option for a K-Type extension block which
utilises a sophisticated cold junction compensation module to ensure 0.1°C
accuracy even during a fast transient environmental temperature change. This is
especially useful in automotive testing, as temperatures in the engine bay or
cabin can change rapidly through 40 degrees or more in the period of a few
minutes.
Conventional cold junction compensation does not track
evenly across all cold junctions through such a dynamic change, and result in
errors of 5 to 10 degrees. The extension block supplied with the VBOX
Thermocouple module retains an even temperature across all 8 cold junctions and
reference by using a specially machined CNC block which houses the cold
junctions, in very close proximity, and encases them in thermocouple grease.
This ensures that the accuracies of the readings are un-surpassed in such an
environment.
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