CALIBRATION PROCEDURE
NI 5152/5153/5154
This document contains instructions for writing an external calibration
procedure for National Instruments PXI/PCI-5152/5153/5154 digitizers.
This calibration procedure is intended for metrology labs. For more
information about calibration, visit
ni.com/calibration
.
Contents
Conventions ............................................................................................ 2
Software Requirements ........................................................................... 3
Documentation Requirements................................................................. 4
Password ................................................................................................. 5
Calibration Interval ................................................................................. 5
Test Equipment ....................................................................................... 5
Test Conditions ....................................................................................... 7
Calibration Procedures ............................................................................ 8
Vertical Offset and Vertical Gain Accuracy............................. 11
Programmable Vertical Offset Accuracy (NI 5152 Only)........ 23
Timing Accuracy ...................................................................... 28
Bandwidth................................................................................. 34
Trigger Accuracy ...................................................................... 44
Trigger Sensitivity .................................................................... 55
Adjustment....................................................................................... 59
Appendix A: Calibration Options ........................................................... 64
Complete Calibration ....................................................................... 65
Optional Calibration ........................................................................ 66