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RMS Versus p-p Waveforms
Sinewave outputs are in rms, while the
trianglewave, squarewave, and truncated
sinewave outputs are in p-p. The relationship
between p-p and rms for the non-sinewave types
are as follows:
• Squarewave p-p x 0.5000000 = rms
• Trianglewave p-p x 0.2886751 = rms
• Truncated Sinewave p-p x 0.2165063 = rms
Auto Range Versus Locked Range
A softkey is provided to toggle between the
ranging method auto or locked. This feature is
available only for single-output dc volts and dc
current outputs.
When auto is selected (the default setting), the
Calibrator automatically selects the range that
provides the best output resolution. When locked
is selected, the Calibrator locks the selected range
and will not change ranges when you are editing
the output, or entering new outputs. Locked range
is usually made when you do not want range
changes that may cause a small perturbation in
the output, e.g., when checking the linearity of a
given multimeter range.
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