HELMHOLTZ COIL INSTALLATION AND CALIBRATION
Figure 1: PA1 Front Panel
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Offsets:
These are the DC offsets associated with the local Earth’s field and any material surrounding the
system. Place the Mag-13MS in the centre of the coil, using the provided mounting jig. Opening the
Bartington Helmholtz Coil Control Software, set the coil to the correct type. Generator tab settings should
be set to:
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Set the field generation to 0 and DC.
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Set the generation to off.
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If the sensor is connected to the Device Under Test, set DUT PSU to 12
Scaling
trimming
Orthogonality
correction
Static field Offset
setting