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A.5.5 excitation, A.5.6 pulse and frequency, Figure 130: accuracy, precision, and resolution – Campbell Scientific CR800 and CR850 Measurement and Control Systems User Manual

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Appendix A. CRBasic Programming Instructions

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BrHalf3W 
Measures ratio of R

s

 / R

f

 of a three‐wire half‐bridge. 

Syntax 

BrHalf3W(Dest, Reps, Range, SEChan, Vx/ExChan, MeasPEx, ExmV,

RevEx, SettlingTime, Integ, Mult, Offset)

BrHalf4W 
Measures ratio of R

s

 / R

f

 of a four‐wire half‐bridge. 

Syntax 

BrHalf4W(Dest, Reps, Range1, Range2, DiffChan, Vx/ExChan,

MeasPEx, ExmV, RevEx, RevDiff, SettlingTime, Integ, Mult,
Offset)

A.5.5 Excitation

ExciteV 
This instruction sets the specified switched‐voltage excitation channel to the 
voltage specified. 

Syntax 

ExciteV(Vx/ExChan, ExmV, XDelay)

SW12 
Sets a switched 12‐Vdc terminal high or low. 

Syntax 

SW12(State)

A.5.6 Pulse and Frequency

Read More! See Pulse

(p. 297).

 

Note Pull-up resistors are required when using digital I/O (control) ports for
pulse input (see Pulse Input on Digital I/O Channels C1 - C4

(p. 301)

).

PeriodAvg 
Measures the period of a signal on any single‐ended voltage input channel. 

Syntax 

PeriodAvg(Dest, Reps, Range, SEChan, Threshold, PAOption,

Cycles, Timeout, Mult, Offset)

PulseCount 
Measures number or frequency of voltages pulses on a pulse channel. 

Syntax 

PulseCount(Dest, Reps, PChan, PConfig, POption, Mult, Offset)

VibratingWire 
The VibratingWire instruction is used to measure a vibrating wire sensor with a 
swept frequency (from low to high). 

Syntax 

VibratingWire(Dest, Reps, Range, SEChan, Vx/ExChan,

StartFreq, EndFreq, TSweep, Steps, DelMeas, NumCycles,
DelReps, Multiplier, Offset)