Normally Closed (NC) refers to the state of an electrical switch contact which stays closed until a preset threshold has been met and the switch opens, e.g. a NC pressure switch set at 10 bar will open once the pressure exceeds 10 bar.
Measurement Signal Related Terms
More pages related to measurement signal technical terms.
- 2 Wire
- 3 Wire
- 4 to 20 mA Current Loop Output Signal
- 4 Wire
- Amplified Voltage Output
- BFSG – Bonded Foil Strain Gauge
- Deadband
- Digital Interface
- FSO – Full Scale Output
- HART®
- High Frequency Response
- Intrinsic Safety
- Measurement Signal
- Millivolt Output Pressure Transducers
- mV/V – Millivolts per Volt Output Signal
- NO – Normally Open
- Piezoresistive Strain Gauges
- Pressure Transmitters
- Rangeable
- Ratiometric
- Span
- Span Offset
- Span Sensitivity
- Square Root Extraction
- Threshold
- Totalizer
- Transducer
- Transmitter
- TSL – Terminal Straight Line
- TSS – Thermal Span or Sensitivity Shift
- Turndown Ratio
- USB
- Vented Cable
- Voltage Output Pressure Transducers
- Wheatstone Bridge Strain Gauge
- Zero Offset
- Zero Tare