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Shunt Calibration for Dummies; a Reference Guide - Interface Force

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1. What is <strong>Shunt</strong> Cal ?<br />

• <strong>Shunt</strong> <strong>Calibration</strong> = <strong>Shunt</strong> Cal = SCAL = RCAL<br />

• A means of calibrating or verifying instrumentation by<br />

simulating a physical input.<br />

• The simulation is accomplished by shunting one leg<br />

of a Wheatstone bridge circuit.<br />

• Not a means of calibrating a transducer.<br />

• A “poor man’s” mV/ V simulator.<br />

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