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Calibration & Utilities
In data acquisition process, how to calibrate your measurement devices to
maintain its accuracy is very important. Users can calibrate the analog input
and analog output channels under the users' operating environment for
optimizing the accuracy. This chapter will guide you to calibrate your ACL-
8316/12 to an accuracy condition.
6.1 What do you need
Before calibrating your ACL-8316/12 card, you should prepare some
equipment’s for the calibration:
z Calibration program: Once the program is executed, it will guide you to
complete the calibration. This program is included in the delivered
package.
z A 5 1/2 digit multimeter ( 6 1/2 is recommended)
z A voltage calibrator or a very stable and noise free DC voltage
generator.