5V Water Pressure Sensor for Electron

I’m looking at a water pressure sensor that is 0.25% accurate across it’s range of 0-100 psig.

The output options for ordering the sensor are:

*Power Requirements: 10-30 VDC (for4-20 mA, 0-5, 1-5, 1-6 VDC outpus);*
*13-30 VDC (for 0-10, 2-10 VDC outputs);* 
*5 VDC ±0.5 VDC (for 0.5-4.5 VDC ratio-metric output).*


*Current Consumption: 38 mA maximum (for 4-20 mA output);* 
*10 mA maximum (for 0-5, 1-5, 1-6, 0-10, 2-10, 0.5-4.5 VDC output);* 

Since the Electron’s analog input pins are 3V3, what Pressure Sensor Output Option should I choose to not sacrifice precision when implementing with an Electron?

The simplest to me is powering the sensor’s 10 mA load directly from the Electron & the 0.5 - 4.5V Ratiometric Output with the Electron sampling a voltage divider,

All ideas and comments are welcomed. Thanks in advance for your help!

I would use one of the settings with a maximum of 5 volts (0-5, 1-5, or 0.5-4.5) along with a voltage divider circuit, which is basically two resistors to bring the voltage down to 3.3V. One common circuit looks like this with R1=5.1K and R2=10K. Vin connects to your sensor and Vout connects to the Particle analog input (0-3.3V).

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