SBASAI9 December 2025 ADS122S14
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The circuit implementation shown in Figure 9-4 requires two measurements to compensate for the lead-wire resistance of a 3-wire RTD. Alternatively, leverage the second IDAC to implement automatic 3-wire RTD lead-wire compensation as shown in Figure 9-7, which does not require a separate lead wire resistance measurement step.
For that purpose, route IDAC2 to AIN3 and connect AIN3 to the point where the terminal connects to the series resistor in front of AIN1. Change both excitation current values from 400μA to 200μA (or the reference resistor value from 4kΩ to 2kΩ) in this configuration and the PGA gain from 10 to 20. A single measurement between AIN0 and AIN1 is sufficient to get a lead-wire compensated RTD value. Use Equation 24 to calculate the resistance of the 3-wire RTD in this implementation.
Where n follows the guidelines of Equation 17.
For more details see the A Basic Guide to RTD Measurements application note.