Field device with improved terminations
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1. A field device comprising:
- field device electronics coupled to a transducer;
a plurality of loop terminations coupled to the field device electronics and which electrically connect the field device to a process communication loop to allow the field device to communicate over the process communication loop; and
wherein each of the plurality of loop terminations comprises a plurality of different conductor attachment types to couple to a plurality of different types of loop conductors, the plurality of different types of loop conductors comprising at least one of a spade lug and a stripped end of a wire.
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Abstract
A field device is provided. The field device includes field device electronics configured to couple to a transducer. A plurality of terminals is coupled to the field device electronics and is configured to couple the field device to a process communication loop to allow the field device to communicate over the process communication loop. Each of the plurality of terminals is configured to support multiple conductor attachment types.
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1. A field device comprising:
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field device electronics coupled to a transducer; a plurality of loop terminations coupled to the field device electronics and which electrically connect the field device to a process communication loop to allow the field device to communicate over the process communication loop; and wherein each of the plurality of loop terminations comprises a plurality of different conductor attachment types to couple to a plurality of different types of loop conductors, the plurality of different types of loop conductors comprising at least one of a spade lug and a stripped end of a wire. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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