Chapter 9 : Computer based instrumentation diodes

Pg: 389 Ex: 9.1

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P=0.1#      #system sensitivity change percent
R_th_U=15*10**3#      #thevenin resistance upper limit
R_th_L=5*10**3#      #thevenin resistance lower limit
#The required inequality is V_sensor*R_in/(R_th_U+R_in)>=(1-P/100)*V_sensor*R_in/(R_th_L+R_in), cancelling same terms on both sides of inequality and calculating R_in by taking equality we'll get minimum value of R_in ===>R_th_L+R_in=(1-P/100)*(R_th_U+R_in) which gives
R_in=(((1-P/100)*R_th_U)-R_th_L)*100/P#
print 'The minimum value of Rin required = %0.2f kilo-ohms'%(R_in/1000)
The minimum value of Rin required = 9985.00 kilo-ohms