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© National Instruments Corporation 3 Calibrating the NI 5102 with Calibration Executive
Equipment and Other Test Requirements
This section describes the equipment, documentation, software, and test
conditions needed for calibration.
Test Equipment
Tables 1 and 2 list specifications for equipment you can use to calibrate
your NI 5102 with Calibration Executive.
Recommended Equipment
Table 1 lists the equipment that National Instruments recommends for this
procedure.
If you do not have the recommended instruments, use the accuracy
requirements listed above to select a substitute calibration standard.
Refer to Table 2 for a list of alternative instruments you can use for the
calibration procedure. Although these instruments are acceptable,
National Instruments recommends that you use the instruments from
Table 1.
Table 1. Required Equipment Specifications for NI 5102 Calibration
Required
Equipment
Recommended
Equipment
Parameter
Measured
Necessary Specifications
Scope Calibrator Wavetek 9500
Scope Calibrator
Ve r t i c a l O f f s e t 0 VDC ±0.1 mV
Ve r t i c a l G a i n DC ±40 mV to ±4.5 V, ±0.1%
into 1 M Ω
AC Coupling sine wave 9–13 Hz ±100 ppm,
1.8 Vpp ±2%into1MΩ
Bandwidth 1.5% amplitude flatness
for leveled sine wave
100 kHz–15 MHz ±50 ppm,
0.2–1.9 Vpp ± 2% into 1 MΩ
Input Impedance 2-wire resistance accuracy of
0.25% for 1 MΩ measurement
Active Head Wavetek 9510
Active Head or
better
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