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US 12,492,956 B2Granted
Junction bank for scale controller and load cell
AssigneeScale Tec, Ltd.
InventorsNicholas Von Muenster, Dan Secrist
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Abstract
A plurality of analog signals each of which is representative of a portion of the load measured by a corresponding plurality of load cells. Converting the plurality of analog signals into a plurality of digital signals corresponding to the plurality of load cells. Running a diagnostic on each of the plurality of digital signals to determine an operational condition of each of the plurality of load cells.
Claims17
A method for weighing a load comprising:
- providing a scale controller comprising a plurality of load cell ports, an analog to digital convertor (ADC) communicatively coupled to the plurality of load cell ports, and a microprocessor;
- receiving in each of the plurality of load cell ports one of a corresponding plurality of analog signals each of which is representative of a portion of the load measured by a corresponding plurality of load cells;
- converting with the ADC the plurality of analog signals into a plurality of digital signals corresponding to the plurality of load cells;
- and
- running with the microprocessor a diagnostic on each of the plurality of digital signals to determine an operational condition of each of the plurality of load cells.
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A scale controller comprising:
- a plurality of load cell ports each of which communicatively couplable to a corresponding one of a plurality of load cells to receive analog signals representative of a portion of a load thereon;
- an analog to digital convertor (ADC) communicatively coupled to the plurality of load cell ports to convert the analog signals into corresponding digital signals;
- and
- a microprocessor configured to run a diagnostic on each of the digital signals corresponding to each of the plurality of load cells to determine an operational state of each of the plurality of load cells.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.