What I really would like to understand eventually is how such manufacturers think during their development cycle. Their chain of thought must be something like:
- Hmm, I’m tasked with creating a pressure-sensitive toolhead.
- I’ll need a sensitive load cell and a single-channel ADC that reads the data. Let’s see what TI offers.
- Hey, nice! TI has about 728 ADCs that are specifically recommended for load cells. I’m going to pick one with a matching price/performance ratio.
- Oh, wait! There is the ADS131M. It has four channels and is specifically recommended for power sensing applications.
- It can’t get any better. Let’s use ADS131M in case the user connects the load cell to AC mains.
