Section 4: Making basic front-panel measurements
Model 2450 Interactive SourceMeter® Instrument User's Manual
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2450-900-01 Rev. A / June 2013
Equipment required for this example
Equipment required to perform this test:
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Model 2450 Interactive SourceMeter
®
instrument
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Two insulated banana cables (you can use the set that is provided with the Model 2450, the
Keithley Instruments Model 8608 High-Performance Clip Lead Set)
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One 10 k
Ω
resistor to test
Device connections
Connect the Model 2450 to the resistor in a 2-wire (local sense) configuration. In this configuration,
the device is connected between the FORCE HI and FORCE LO terminals.
The physical connections for the front panel are shown in the following figure.
Turn the power to the instrument off before attaching connections to the Model 2450.
Figure 15: Model 2450 2-wire front-panel connections
Making front-panel measurements
For this example, you will perform the following steps:
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Select the source and measure function
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Select the measurement range
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Select the source range
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Set the source value
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Set the source limit
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Turn on the source output
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Observe the readings on the display
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Turn off the source output
