2.5V Bias and protection in regards to digital ground

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josi_289041
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Hello,

   

I'm in need of some suggestions for this issue. We are currently using the cy8c29866 for a thermocouple reader system.

   

It does its job great, but we have some issues with protection circuitry involved. The protection circuits we employ are to clamp or block 240vac. The problem is, due to the system using a 2.5bias analog ground, the protection circuits are rendered useless.

   

Is there a way that the psoc can read into the insamp without this 2.5v bias on the analog in?

   

Thanks.

   

PS, we are using the three op amp insamp module @ 48 gain and a del-sig @13bit

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MR_41
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Instead of bringing out AGND and connecting the signal w.r.t AGND, you can also use two resistors, one to VDD and one to thermocouple to bias the input to a higher level, while still connecting the thermocouple to the PSoC w.r.t VSS.  Check out the below blog article.

   

 

   

Measuring a Negative Voltage using PSoC1

   

 

   

Best Regards,

   

Ganesh

   

The PSoC Hacker

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