Agilent Technologies 3458A User Manual

126 Chapter 4 Making Measurements
The following example performs a temperature measurement using a 10kW
thermistor and returns the result in degrees Celsius.
10 OUTPUT 722;"PRESET NORM" !PRESETS MULTIMETER, SUSPENDS
READINGS
20 OUTPUT 722;"OHMF 10E3" !SELECTS 4-WIRE OHMS, 10kW RANGE
30 OUTPUT 722;"MATH CTHRM10K" !CELSIUS CONVERSION, 10kW
THERMISTOR
40 OUTPUT 722;"TRIG SGL" !TRIGGER READING
50 ENTER 722;A !ENTER RESULT
60 PRINT A !PRINT RESULT
70 END
Table 25: Temperature-Related Math Operations
MATH
Operation
Description
CTHRM2K
Result=temperature (Celsius) of a 2k
W thermistor (40653A)
CTHRM
Result=temperature (Celsius) of a 5k
W thermistor (40653B)
CTHRM10K
Result=temperature (Celsius) of a 10k
W thermistor (40653C)
FTHRM2K
Result=temperature (Fahrenheit) of a 2k
W thermistor (40653A)
FTHRM
Resutt=temperature (Fahrenheit) of a 5k
W thermistor (40653B)
FTHRM10K
Result=temperature (Fahrenheit) of a 10k
W thermistor (40653C)
CRTD85
Result=temperature (Celsius) of 100
W RTD with alpha of 0.00385
(40654A or 406548)
CRTD92
Result=temperature (Celsius) of 100
W RTD with alpha of 0.003916
FRTD85
Result=temperature (Fahrenheit) of 100
W RTD with alpha of 0.00385
(40654A or 40654B)
FRTD92
Result=temperature (Fahrenheit> of 100W RTD with alpha of 0.003916

Agilent Technologies 3458A Specifications

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Brand	Agilent Technologies
Model	3458A
Category	Multimeter
Language	English