Keithley 3700 Series User Manual

Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual Table of contents
Current measurement procedure through remote commands ................................................. 4-16
Resistance measurements ................................................................................................ 4-16
DMM resistance measurement methods ................................................................................. 4-16
Settings available for resistance measurements ..................................................................... 4-17
Autodelay and autorange settings ........................................................................................... 4-18
Resistance measurement connections ................................................................................... 4-18
Resistance measurements from the front panel ...................................................................... 4-21
Resistance measurements through remote interface .............................................................. 4-22
Temperature measurements .............................................................................................. 4-22
Settings available for temperature measurements .................................................................. 4-22
Autodelay and autorange settings ........................................................................................... 4-24
Thermocouples ....................................................................................................................... 4-24
Thermistors ............................................................................................................................. 4-27
RTDs (Resistance Temperature Detectors) ............................................................................ 4-29
Temperature equations ........................................................................................................... 4-33
Frequency and period measurements ............................................................................... 4-41
Settings available for frequency and period measurements .................................................... 4-42
Autodelay and autorange settings ........................................................................................... 4-42
Trigger level ............................................................................................................................ 4-42
Gate time................................................................................................................................. 4-43
Frequency connections ........................................................................................................... 4-43
Frequency and period measurement procedure from front panel ........................................... 4-43
Frequency and period measurement procedure through remote interface ............................. 4-44
Continuity testing ................................................................................................................ 4-44
Settings available for continuity testing ................................................................................... 4-45
Autodelay and autorange settings ........................................................................................... 4-45
Continuity testing connections ................................................................................................. 4-45
Continuity testing procedure.................................................................................................... 4-46
Refining measurements ..................................................................................................... 4-47
Relative offset ......................................................................................................................... 4-47
Math calculations .................................................................................................................... 4-49
dB commands ......................................................................................................................... 4-54
Range ..................................................................................................................................... 4-55
Optimizing measurement speed .............................................................................................. 4-57
Optimizing AC voltage and current measurements ................................................................. 4-60
Optimizing measurement accuracy ......................................................................................... 4-61
Switching and scanning ............................................................................................. 5-1
Identify installed switching cards ............................................................................................... 5-1
Maximum power usage with Series 3700A cards ...................................................................... 5-2
Specifying a channel ................................................................................................................. 5-3
Close and open channel operations and commands ................................................................ 5-5
Working with channels ....................................................................................................... 5-13
Connection methods for close operations ............................................................................... 5-13
Determining the number of relay closures ............................................................................... 5-16
Viewing the close or open status of a channel ........................................................................ 5-16
Channel attributes ................................................................................................................... 5-17
Channel patterns ..................................................................................................................... 5-19
Reset a channel ...................................................................................................................... 5-22
Pseudocards ...................................................................................................................... 5-22
Pseudocards programming example ....................................................................................... 5-23
Scanning and triggering ..................................................................................................... 5-23
Trigger model .......................................................................................................................... 5-24
Scan and step counts .............................................................................................................. 5-25

Keithley 3700 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Keithley
Model	3700 Series
Category	Multimeter
Language	English