National Instruments NI PXI-5122, Calibration Procedure

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Vertical Gain Accuracy
Complete the following steps to verify the vertical gain accuracy of the digitizer. You must
verify both channels with each iteration in Table 3.
1.
Open a session and obtain a session handle using the niScope Initialize VI.
10 ±0.00575 ±0.01 ±0.005 ±0.01
20 ±0.00575 ±0.01 ±0.005 ±0.01
Table 6. NI 5142 Vertical Offset Limits
Range
NI PXI-5142 NI PCI-5142
Calibration
Test Limits
(V)
Published
Specifications
(V)
Calibration
Test Limits
(V)
Published
Specifications
(V)
0.2 ±0.00058 ±0.001 ±0.00114 ±0.002
0.4 ±0.00056 ±0.001 ±0.00114 ±0.002
1 ±0.00076 ±0.0012 ±0.00114 ±0.002
2 ±0.0008 ±0.0016 ±0.00114 ±0.0022
4 ±0.0033 ±0.008 ±0.0033 ±0.008
10 ±0.0036 ±0.008 ±0.0036 ±0.010
20 ±0.005 ±0.013 ±0.005 ±0.015
LabVIEW VI C/C++ Function Call
Call
niScope_init
with the
following parameters:
resourceName : The device name
assigned by MAX
idQuery :
VI_FALSE
resetDevice :
VI_TRUE
Table 5. NI 5124 Vertical Offset Limits (Continued)
Range
NI PXI-5124 NI PCI-5124
Calibration
Test Limits
(V)
Published
Specifications
(V)
Calibration
Test Limits
(V)
Published
Specifications
(V)