Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for electrically contacting a control/evaluation electronics of a field device of automation technology with an external energy supply and/or a controller, wherein the control/evaluation electronics of the field device is arranged on a circuit card, wherein at least one terminal box is provided, in which a plurality of adjoining electrical connection terminals are provided, wherein the electrical connection terminals serve, in each case, for accommodating an electrical connecting element, wherein the electrical connecting elements are connected mechanically and electrically with the circuit card, in each case, via a solder pad, and wherein there are provided between each two solder pads vacancies in the circuit card, which are so embodied that the length of the leakage preventing distance between the solder pads satisfies a predetermined ignition protection type.

Abstract: A method for detecting errors or malfunctions in electrical or electronic components of circuits, wherein each of the circuits is located on a circuit board and wherein a plurality of circuit boards border one another on a circuit board panel, includes populating each of the circuit boards of the circuit board panel with electrical or electronic components corresponding to the circuits; for each of the analog, electrical or electronic components used for the construction of the circuits, placing a corresponding test component in an edge region of the circuit board panel; providing the analog, electrical or electronic test components placed in the edge region of the circuit board panel with test points; and checking for the correct function value and/or the correct poling of the analog, electrical or electronic test components provided with test points and located in the edge region of the circuit board panel.

Abstract: A method for detecting errors or malfunctions in electrical or electronic components of circuits, wherein each of the circuits is located on a circuit board and wherein a plurality of circuit boards border one another on a circuit board panel, includes populating each of the circuit boards of the circuit board panel with electrical or electronic components corresponding to the circuits; for each of the analog, electrical or electronic components used for the construction of the circuits, placing a corresponding test component in an edge region of the circuit board panel; providing the analog, electrical or electronic test components placed in the edge region of the circuit board panel with test points; and checking for the correct function value and/or the correct poling of the analog, electrical or electronic test components provided with test points and located in the edge region of the circuit board panel.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for electrically contacting a control/evaluation electronics of a field device of automation technology with an external energy supply and/or a controller, wherein the control/evaluation electronics of the field device is arranged on a circuit card, wherein at least one terminal box is provided, in which a plurality of adjoining electrical connection terminals are provided, wherein the electrical connection terminals serve, in each case, for accommodating an electrical connecting element, wherein the electrical connecting elements are connected mechanically and electrically with the circuit card, in each case, via a solder pad, and wherein there are provided between each two solder pads vacancies in the circuit card, which are so embodied that the length of the leakage preventing distance between the solder pads satisfies a predetermined ignition protection type.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a containment, comprising a sensor unit and an electronics unit, wherein the electronics unit includes a transceiver unit and a transceiver protecting unit for limiting an input voltage of the transceiver unit to a first transceiver voltage value. According to the present disclosure, the transceiver protecting unit includes a first limiting unit and a transistor unit, the transistor unit connected in series with the transceiver unit, wherein the first limiting unit is connected in parallel with transceiver unit and to a control terminal of the transistor and is configured to control an input voltage for the control terminal of the transistor to a predeterminable control value such that the input voltage of the transceiver unit is limited to the first transceiver voltage value.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for determining and/or monitoring a predetermined fill level of a medium in a containment. The apparatus includes a sensor unit and an electronics unit. The electronics unit includes a limiting unit embodied to limit an electrical current or voltage in at least one portion of the electronics unit, a switching unit embodied to control a process switch, and a signal transformation unit embodied to transform a dynamic, electrical input signal into a static, electrical output signal. The static output signal flows through at least one component of the electronics unit. Furthermore, the electronics unit is embodied to supply the sensor unit with an excitation signal, to receive from the sensor unit a received signal, to determine and/or to monitor whether the predetermined fill level has been reached, and to produce a control signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a process variable of a medium by means of a vibronic sensor. In a first operating mode, an oscillatable unit is excited by a first electrical excitation signal, such that it executes mechanical oscillations, and the mechanical oscillations of the mechanically oscillatable unit are received and converted into a first electrical, received signal having a first frequency. Furthermore, the first received signal is evaluated relative to the process variable. In a second operating mode, mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit are received and converted into a second electrical, received signal, wherein a second frequency of the second electrical, received signal is ascertained, and wherein the second frequency is associated with a first disturbing influence for the vibronic sensor. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus, which is suitable for performing a method of the present disclosure.

Abstract: The application discloses an apparatus and a method for determining and/or monitoring at least one predefined filling level of a medium in a container at least with a sensor unit and an electronic unit, wherein the electronic unit is configured to apply an excitation signal to the sensor unit and to receive a reception signal from the sensor unit, and wherein the electronic unit comprises at least one first computing unit which is configured to determine at least the predefined filling level from the reception signal in a normal operating mode, a second computing unit which is configured to make a statement relating to the state of the sensor unit in a diagnostic operating mode, at least one buffer which is configured to store the at least one statement relating to the state of the sensor unit and is electrically connected to the first computing unit and to the second computing unit, and at least one switching element which can be used to switch back and forth between the normal operating mode and the diagnos

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a containment, comprising a sensor unit and an electronics unit, wherein the electronics unit includes a transceiver unit and a transceiver protecting unit for limiting an input voltage of the transceiver unit to a first transceiver voltage value. According to the present disclosure, the transceiver protecting unit includes a first limiting unit and a transistor unit, the transistor unit connected in series with the transceiver unit, wherein the first limiting unit is connected in parallel with transceiver unit and to a control terminal of the transistor and is configured to control an input voltage for the control terminal of the transistor to a predeterminable control value such that the input voltage of the transceiver unit is limited to the first transceiver voltage value.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a process variable of a medium by means of a vibronic sensor. In a first operating mode, an oscillatable unit is excited by a first electrical excitation signal, such that it executes mechanical oscillations, and the mechanical oscillations of the mechanically oscillatable unit are received and converted into a first electrical, received signal having a first frequency. Furthermore, the first received signal is evaluated relative to the process variable. In a second operating mode, mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit are received and converted into a second electrical, received signal, wherein a second frequency of the second electrical, received signal is ascertained, and wherein the second frequency is associated with a first disturbing influence for the vibronic sensor. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus, which is suitable for performing a method of the present disclosure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for determining and/or monitoring a predetermined fill level of a medium in a containment, comprising a sensor unit and an electronics unit. The electronics unit includes a limiting unit embodied to limit an electrical current or an electrical voltage in at least one portion of the electronics unit, a switching unit embodied to control a process switch having at least first and second switch states, and a signal transformation unit embodied to transform a dynamic, electrical input signal into a static, electrical output signal, and wherein the static output signal flows through at least one component of the electronics unit. Furthermore, the electronics unit is embodied to supply the sensor unit with an excitation signal, to receive from the sensor unit a received signal, to determine and/or to monitor whether the predetermined fill level has been reached, and to produce at least one control signal.

Abstract: A system for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium in a container, comprising a sensor module with an oscillatable unit, which is arranged in such a manner in the container that the oscillatable unit extends to a defined immersion depth in the medium, or that the oscillatable unit is placed at the height of the predetermined fill level, a tubular extension and/or a temperature reduction unit of a defined length, a contacting module and an electronics module, composed of an exciter/receiving unit, which excites the oscillatable unit to execute oscillations and receives the oscillations of the oscillatable unit. Two electrical coupling paths are associated with the electronics module, and a control/evaluation unit, which based on at least one oscillation variable of the oscillations or based on a change of an oscillation variable of the oscillations, provides information concerning the process variable or the reaching of the predetermined fill level.

Abstract: The application discloses an apparatus and a method for determining and/or monitoring at least one predefined filling level of a medium in a container at least with a sensor unit and an electronic unit, wherein the electronic unit is configured to apply an excitation signal to the sensor unit and to receive a reception signal from the sensor unit, and wherein the electronic unit comprises at least one first computing unit which is configured to determine at least the predefined filling level from the reception signal in a normal operating mode, a second computing unit which is configured to make a statement relating to the state of the sensor unit in a diagnostic operating mode, at least one buffer which is configured to store the at least one statement relating to the state of the sensor unit and is electrically connected to the first computing unit and to the second computing unit, and at least one switching element which can be used to switch back and forth between the normal operating mode and the diagnos

Abstract: Apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one limit value of a process variable of a medium in a container, comprising at least one sensor unit for registering a measured value dependent on the process variable and at least one electronics unit for producing a measurement signal dependent on the process variable. The invention is distinguished by features including that the apparatus is embodied to draw energy via a voltage output and a digital input of a recorder apparatus or a process control system.

Abstract: A system for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium in a container, comprising a sensor module with an oscillatable unit, which is arranged in such a manner in the container that the oscillatable unit extends to a defined immersion depth in the medium, or that the oscillatable unit is placed at the height of the predetermined fill level, a tubular extension and/or a temperature reduction unit of a defined length, a contacting module and an electronics module, composed of an exciter/receiving unit, which excites the oscillatable unit to execute oscillations and receives the oscillations of the oscillatable unit. Two electrical coupling paths are associated with the electronics module, and a control/evaluation unit, which based on at least one oscillation variable of the oscillations or based on a change of an oscillation variable of the oscillations, provides information concerning the process variable or the reaching of the predetermined fill level.

Abstract: Apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one limit value of a process variable of a medium in a container, comprising at least one sensor unit for registering a measured value dependent on the process variable and at least one electronics unit for producing a measurement signal dependent on the process variable. The invention is distinguished by features including that the apparatus is embodied to draw energy via a voltage output and a digital input of a recorder apparatus or a process control system.