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Summary of Contents for NI PXIe-4138

Page 1: ...bration Overview 5 Verification 6 Self Calibrating 6 Voltage and Current Verification 6 Adjustment 15 Adjusted Specifications 15 Initiating the Adjustment Session 15 Voltage and Current Output 16 Resi...

Page 2: ...the Start menu and at ni com manuals Contains instructions for installing and configuring NI power supplies and SMUs NI DC Power Supplies and SMUs Help Available from the Start menu and in HTML forma...

Page 3: ...ent accuracy 4 ppm accuracy 0 2 ppm C tempco 1 current shunt Ohm Labs CS 1 1 A current accuracy 65 ppm accuracy 5 ppm C tempco 333 m current shunt Ohm Labs CS 3 3 A current accuracy 120 ppm accuracy 5...

Page 4: ...the niDCPower Aperture Time Units property or NIDCPOWER_ATTR_APERTURE_TIME_UNITS to power line cycles Do not use the NI DCPower Soft Front Panel SFP to request test points for any adjustment functions...

Page 5: ...t Limits Review Verification Adjustment Procedure or Return Device Verify Adjust Calibration Constants Dates and Temperatures Updated Verify 1 Initial Setup Install the NI 4138 and configure it in Mea...

Page 6: ...h measurement and output The architecture of the NI 4138 ensures that if measurement is accurate then output is as well and vice versa Connecting and Configuring Equipment for Voltage Verification 1 M...

Page 7: ...irst specified test point 4 Compare a DMM voltage measurement to the voltage measurement test limits a Take a voltage measurement using the DMM b Calculate the lower and upper voltage measurement test...

Page 8: ...e NI 4138 5 Measure the internal device temperature and perform self calibration if necessary a If the internal device temperature exceeds Tcal 1 C wait up to 5 minutes for the temperature to stabiliz...

Page 9: ...ctions from the NI 4138 and confirm the current measured by the NI 4138 at 0 V falls within the test limits Complete this procedure only after successfully completing all previous verification procedu...

Page 10: ...o 5 minutes for the temperature to stabilize to within Tcal 1 C b If after 5 minutes the stable temperature still exceeds Tcal 1 C call the self calibration VI or function 3 Take a current measurement...

Page 11: ...limit on the NI 4138 5 Measure the internal device temperature and perform self calibration if necessary a If the internal device temperature exceeds Tcal 1 C wait up to 5 minutes for the temperature...

Page 12: ...d test point in the level range 14 If more than one level range is specified repeat the previous steps using the values specified in each level range Verifying 100 A to 100 mA Current Measurement and...

Page 13: ...2 Set the niDCPower Output Function property or NIDCPOWER_OUTPUT_FUNCTION attribute to DC Current for the NI 4138 3 Set the first specified level range limit range and limit on the NI 4138 4 Measure...

Page 14: ...he current test points requested by the NI 4138 Complete this procedure only after successfully completing all previous verification procedures Verify ranges in the specified order Refer to the follow...

Page 15: ...est Point of Current Offset 8 Verify that the recorded DMM value falls within the test limits 9 Repeat the previous steps from setting the level to the test point on the NI 4138 up to this step for ea...

Page 16: ...librate the device except as specified in a procedure Voltage and Current Output Connecting and Configuring Equipment for Voltage Adjustment 1 Make the necessary connections for this procedure as show...

Page 17: ...ed outputs b Input the test points as the requested outputs c Input the specified level range as the range 7 If more than one level range is specified repeat the previous steps using the values specif...

Page 18: ...ch specified test point in the level range 8 Update the output calibration constants by configuring and calling the niDCPower Cal Adjust Current Limit or niDCPower_CalAdjustCurrentLimit function a Inp...

Page 19: ...e following steps a Take a voltage measurement across the shunt using the DMM b Divide the voltage measurement by the calibrated value of the shunt 6 Store the value from the previous step as input fo...

Page 20: ...t 0 V by configuring and calling the niDCPower Cal Adjust Residual Voltage Offset VI or niDCPower_CalAdjustResidualVoltageOffset function Closing the Adjustment Session Close the session and commit th...

Page 21: ...al support At ni com support you have access to everything from troubleshooting and application development self help resources to email and phone assistance from NI Application Engineers Visit ni com...

Page 22: ...your media or the National Instruments Patent Notice at ni com patents You can find information about end user license agreements EULAs and third party legal notices in the readme file for your NI pro...

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