National Instruments NI PCI-5122, Calibration Procedure

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CALIBRATION PROCEDURE
NI 5122/5124/5142
This document contains information for calibrating NI 5122/5124/5142 high-speed digitizers.
For more information on calibration, visit
ni.com/calibration
.
Contents
Software Requirements............................................................................................................. 1
Documentation Requirements .................................................................................................. 2
Password .................................................................................................................................. 2
Calibration Interval................................................................................................................... 3
Test Equipment......................................................................................................................... 3
Test Conditions......................................................................................................................... 3
Calibration Procedures ............................................................................................................. 4
Initial Setup....................................................................................................................... 4
Self-Calibration ................................................................................................................ 4
MAX......................................................................................................................... 4
NI-SCOPE Soft Front Panel ..................................................................................... 5
NI-SCOPE ................................................................................................................ 5
Verification....................................................................................................................... 5
Vertical Offset and Vertical Gain Accuracy............................................................. 6
Programmable Vertical Offset Accuracy ................................................................. 17
Timing Accuracy ...................................................................................................... 22
Bandwidth and Flatness............................................................................................ 26
Trigger Sensitivity .................................................................................................... 34
Adjustment........................................................................................................................ 39
Appendix A: Calibration Options............................................................................................. 42
Complete Calibration........................................................................................................ 43
Optional Calibration ......................................................................................................... 43
Appendix B: Calibration Utilities............................................................................................. 45
MAX................................................................................................................................. 45
NI-SCOPE ........................................................................................................................ 45
Worldwide Support and Services ............................................................................................. 45
Software Requirements
Calibrating the NI 5122/5124/5142 requires installing NI-SCOPE on the calibration system.
Refer to Table 1 for the hardware-specific version to use with your device. You can download
the NI-SCOPE
instrument driver from the Instrument Driver Network Web site at
ni.com/
idnet
. NI-SCOPE supports programming a Self-Calibration and an External Calibration in the
LabVIEW and C application development environments (ADEs). When you install NI- SCOPE,
you only need to install support for the ADE that you intend to use.