Alice, I have a lot of experience with the LTC2400 and I was
wondering why you would recommend discarding 3 Bytes? That
defeats the purpose of using a precision A/D such as the LTC2400.
Or... Was that 3 Bits?

   - Tom

At 12:08 AM 2/11/00 PST, Alice Campbell wrote:
>Date sent:              Fri, 11 Feb 2000 08:51:40 -0800
>use a 15 psin temperature-compensated absolute pressure sensor
>and a 24-bit adc such as ltc2400 and throw away the 3 bytes you
>dont need.  1 measurement per second max with this adc.  This is
>for earth-- different psi for mars etc.
>alice
>
>> Looking for ways to measure small changes in air pessure, in the range of
>> 0" to 1" of water I guess. I don't know a lot about the different ways to
>> measure air pressure.
>>
>> Both mechanical meters or electronic sensors are okay for me.
>>
>> Also, if you can point me to a good 'primer' on air pressure measurement.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> John


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