CALIBRATION PROCEDURE
NI 5402/5406
This document contains instructions for writing a calibration procedure for
the NI PCI/PXI-5402/5406 arbitrary function generators. This calibration
procedure is intended for metrology labs.
Refer to
ni.com/calibration
for additional information about
calibration solutions from National Instruments.
Contents
Conventions ............................................................................................ 2
Software Requirements ........................................................................... 3
Documentation Requirements................................................................. 4
Password ................................................................................................. 4
Calibration Interval ................................................................................. 4
Test Equipment ....................................................................................... 5
Test Conditions ....................................................................................... 5
Calibration Procedures ............................................................................ 6
Initial Setup...................................................................................... 6
Self-Calibration................................................................................ 7
MAX ......................................................................................... 7
FGEN Soft Front Panel............................................................. 7
NI-FGEN .................................................................................. 8
Verifying the Oscillator Frequency Accuracy.......................... 11
Verifying the Sine Wave Flatness Correction Accuracy.......... 14
Verifying the Main Path Gain and Offset Accuracy ................ 21
Verifying Square Wave Gain and Offset Accuracy ................. 30
Updating the Calibration Date and Temperature ............................. 38
Adjustment....................................................................................... 39
Adjusting the Calibration ADC ................................................ 41
Adjusting the Analog Output.................................................... 54
Adjusting the Sine Wave Flatness Correction .......................... 81
Adjusting the Oscillator Frequency .......................................... 90
