Mar 21
We often get asked for fault finding tips and so I’ve put together a simple fault finding guide for a load cell system. The output from a load cell is tiny! Any small interference will show up and then be amplified by the signal conditioner. The longer the cable the greater the interference will be …
Nov 24
My name is Konstantin Delov and I’ve been part of the Mantracourt Marketing team for almost half a year now. I spent my summer working on improving our online presence and supporting our network of technical partners in the promotion of our products. I was fortunate enough to be around and participate in the preparation …
Oct 01
There are many good reasons to switch to wireless for your sensor requirements. It almost seems an easier question to ask ‘why not?’ but I’ll start with ‘why?’ The Benefits… The first, most obvious plus for wireless is the lack of wires! With moving loads, trying to keep the cables neat, tidy and unbroken can …
Mar 13
The T24 data logging software and data mapping software is now available to download free of charge. Tom Lilly, Technical Support Operator at Mantracourt, talks us through this intuitive application… The full functionality of T24LOG100 is now available to anyone that wants it at no cost. It means that people can have a proper experiment with an …
Nov 06
Tracey Richards, Team Leader of Mantracourt Manufacturing talks about how quality is integral to her role and how her electronics career has taken her from photocopiers, to military equipment, to industrial instrumentation. I will start off by telling you all a bit about myself. I have been at Mantracourt since 2011. When I started, my …
May 29
My name is Fabian and I am twenty years of age. I started working at Mantracourt Electronics in November 2013 as an Electronic Manufacturing apprentice. When the opportunity came along to start an apprenticeship at Mantracourt I jumped at the chance. I have always been interested in technology and had worked on my own projects …
Mar 13
2014 marks the 40th anniversary for Mantracourt Electronics and throughout this year we will be delving into the archives to share with you some of the highlights from the past four decades. From our humble beginnings, which started life in a garden shed to the 3,600 sq ft manufacturing facilities we now occupy, we have supplied measurement instrumentation to some very well known and …
Oct 11
Introducing Version 2.0.3 of the T24 logging software which has been developed and upgraded with complex mathematical functions and expression tools. This software works in Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 and allows the viewing and logging of data from the T24 wireless telemetry range. Matt Nicholas, IT & Software Engineer at Mantracourt explains more. Whats …
Feb 20
An approved barrier must be used if the ALA5 or indeed any similar products are to be installed in a hazardous area (Zone 0) The relevant parameters for the barrier are as follows: Uo = 28V, Io = 100mA, Po = 0.7W, Barrier Impedance 300Ω. These are maximum values, actual barrier parameters will vary from …
Jan 26
During the development of our new acquisition modules the measurement of tiny changes in resistance became key to get accurate readings and sensing small changes. In the creation of the temperature (T24-TA) and potentiometer (T24-RA) acquisition module we created two devices that sense a range of resistances. The T24-TA is designed to work with a …
