Each device will be able to do 1 second for all 8 channels, so if you had multiple devices the time would still be 1 second. To explain this in more detail each device has one ADC and a multiplexor to switch between channels and this is why the time is spread across the channels of a single unit.
Hi to be specific about how each USB TC-08 works the conversion time of the ADC is 100ms so this is per channel, you also have the cold junction to take into account.
So for 2 channels this is 200ms + 100ms for the cold junction. So it would be approximately 300ms.
I am a new user of the TC-08. The system I was previously using was able to sample at ten samples per sec. (10Hz) for two channels, for an aggregate rate of 20Hz.
When I try to run that fast on the TC-08 I get a lot of what seems to be “clipped” data. I have to back the sampling rate off considerably to get smooth looking data.
Did I misinterpret the sampling capacity of the TC-08? Is the 10Hz rate for the whole module (aggregate), and not an individual channel? And even if I am not using all channels, how does it divide up the sampling capacity?
If I want to use two channels with no CJ. I am limited to a maximum sampling rate of what……….?
tmj wrote:
If I want to use two channels with no CJ. I am limited to a maximum sampling rate of what……….?
You cannot measure temperatures with a thermocouple without a Cold Junction compensation.
That is a fundamental of thermocouple theory, as you actually measures a voltage difference betveen at least two TC points.
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