Tektronix Keithley SourceMeter 2470

In this section:
Circuit configurations ................................................................ 5-1
Operating boundaries ............................................................... 5-4
Output transient recovery ......................................................... 5-8
Load regulation ........................................................................ 5-8
Using NPLCs to adjust speed and accuracy ............................ 5-9
Noise shield ............................................................................ 5-11
Safety shield ........................................................................... 5-11
Noise and chassis ground ...................................................... 5-12
Floating the 2470 ................................................................... 5-13
Guarding ................................................................................ 5-15
Sink operation ........................................................................ 5-17
Battery charge and discharge ................................................ 5-18
Measurement settling time considerations ............................. 5-19
Overtemperature protection ................................................... 5-20
Current breakdown protection ................................................ 5-20
Calculating accuracy .............................................................. 5-21
Offset-compensated ohm calculations ................................... 5-23
Power calculations ................................................................. 5-23
High-capacitance operation ................................................... 5-24
Filtering measurement data.................................................... 5-25
Order of operations ................................................................ 5-27
Reset default values ............................................................... 5-28
Circuit configurations
You can measure current or voltage with either type of source.
The fundamental source-measure configurations for the 2470 are described in the following section.
Section 5
Source-measure considerations