4-20mA Current Loop

History of 3-15 psi, 10-50 mA, and 4-20 mA signals
  • Instrumentation Design

History of 3-15 psi, 10-50 mA, and 4-20 mA signals

Study about the history of 4-20 mA signals used in the industrial instrumentation. Other signals are 3-15 psi, and 10-50…

4 years ago
  • Control Systems

Troubleshooting a 4-20mA Current loop

The basic layout of every 4-20mA loop consists of a power supply, a transmitter, and passive loop devices. The supply…

6 months ago
  • Instrumentation Design

Why 4-20 mA Standard is so popular ?

4-20 mA Standard 4-20mA has an inherent ‘live zero’. Zero engineering units is 4.0mA, not 0.0mA. 0.0mA indicates an open…

5 years ago
  • Control Systems

Why Use a Current Loop?

4-20mA current-loop circuit have four individual elements: a sensor/transducer, a voltage-to-current converter, loop power supply and a receiver / monitor.

6 months ago
  • Basics

Basics of 4-20mA Current Loop

The 4-20 mA current loop is a very robust sensor signaling standard.  Current loops are ideal for data transmission because…

5 years ago