
Appendix A
Specifications
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A-3
Excitation
Type ....................................................... Constant voltage
Settings................................................... 0.0 to 5.0 V in 1,023 steps
Error ....................................................... ±20 mV ±0.3% max
Maximum output current ....................... 21 mA
Load regulation (open to 240
Ω)
............ 0.08%
Temperature drift ................................... ±0.0025%/°C ±30
µ
V/°C max
Protection ............................................... Surge arrestors in parallel with
excitation terminals, shunt to
ground, short circuit protected
Bridge Completion
SCXI-1521 ............................................. 350
Ω
, 0.1%, 2 ppm/°C max,
55 mW at 50 °C
SCXI-1521 long-term stability............... 0.02%/yr
SCXI-1521B........................................... 120
Ω
, 0.1%, 2 ppm/°C max,
55 mW at 50 °C
SCXI-1521 B long-term stability ........... 0.02%/yr
Shunt Calibration
Type ....................................................... Shunt across quarter-bridge
completion resistor
Shunt resistor.......................................... Fixed 100 k
Ω
, 0.1%,
10 ppm/°C, 150 mW
Switch resistance.................................... 15
Ω
max
7.5
Ω
typ