In this section:
Topic Page
Overview............................................................................................. 4-2
Operation overview ........................................................................... 4-2
Source-measure capabilities......................................................... 4-2
Compliance limit............................................................................ 4-3
Setting the compliance limit .......................................................... 4-4
Basic circuit configurations............................................................ 4-5
Operation considerations................................................................. 4-6
Warm-up ....................................................................................... 4-6
Auto zero....................................................................................... 4-6
NPLC caching ............................................................................... 4-6
Basic source-measure procedure.................................................... 4-8
Front panel source-measure procedure........................................ 4-8
Remote source-measure procedure ............................................. 4-9
Measure only...................................................................................... 4-11
Sink operation.................................................................................... 4-12
Ohms measurements ........................................................................ 4-12
Ohms calculations......................................................................... 4-12
Ohms ranging................................................................................ 4-12
Basic ohms measurement procedure ........................................... 4-12
Ohms sensing ............................................................................... 4-13
Sense selection............................................................................. 4-14
Remote ohms programming.......................................................... 4-15
Power measurements ....................................................................... 4-16
Power calculations ........................................................................ 4-16
Basic power measurement procedure .......................................... 4-16
Remote power programming......................................................... 4-16
Contact check measurements.......................................................... 4-17
Overview ....................................................................................... 4-17
Contact check commands............................................................. 4-18
Contact check programming example........................................... 4-19
Section 4
Basic Operation