Section 4: Basic measurements
Model 6517B Electrometer User's Manual
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6517B-900-01 Rev. B August 2022
Figure 33: Guarded floating current measurement connections
Current configuration
The following information explains the configuration options for the current function. The configuration
menu is summarized in the following table. To access this menu, press the
CONFIG
key and then
the
I
key.
A function does not have to be selected to be configured. When the function is selected, it assumes
the pre-programmed status.
Current configuration menu
Menu item
Description
SPEED
Measurement speed (integration time) menu:
NORMAL
1 PLC (power line cycle, 16.67 ms for 60 Hz, 20 ms for 50 Hz and 400 Hz).
FAST
0.01 PLC.
MEDIUM
0.1 PLC.
HIACCURACY
10 PLC.
SET-SPEED-EXACTLY
Set integration in PLC (0.01 to 10).
SET-BY-RSLN
Optimizes the integration time for the selected resolution.
Refer to “Integration time” in the
Model 6517B Electrometer Reference Manual
for
detail.
FILTER
The filter menu:
AVERAGING
Configure digital averaging filter:
TYPE
Select type of average filter:
NONE
No average filtering performed.
AVERAGING
Program a simple average filter (1 to 100 readings).
ADVANCED
Program a simple average filter (1 to 100 readings) with noise tolerance
window (0 to 100% of range).
