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Table 4-6. Aperture Times and Minimum Sample Period
Aperture Time Minimum Sample Rate
(SAMPle:TIMer)
Maximum Reading Rate
(Readings/second)
10 µs76 µs
13,150
100 µs
0.32 ms 3,000
2.5 ms 2.8 ms 350
16.7 ms 16.9 ms 58
20 ms 20.3 ms 49
267 ms IMM* 2
320 ms IMM* 1.9
Aperture times and sample rates assume a fixed range and autozero off. Reading
rates are for the DC Voltage function. Times and number of readings are approximate.
* IMM is set with SAMPle:SOURce IMM.
Example: Setting the
Aperture Time and
Sample Period
This program segment shows the context in which SAMPle:SOURce and
SAMPle:TIMer are used, and their relationship to the aperture time.
10 !Configure the stand-alone multimeter for DC voltage measurements on
20 !the 7.27 V range. Turn off autozero. Set the aperture time to allow a
30 !sample period of 5 ms. Make a burst of 5 readings, sampled every 5 ms.
40 !Place the multimeter in the wait-for-trigger state and take the readings.
50 CONF:VOLT:DC 7.27
60 CAL:ZERO:AUTO OFF
70 VOLT:APER 0.0025
80 SAMP:COUN 5
90 SAMP:SOUR TIM
100 SAMP:TIM 0.005
110 READ?
Querying the Sample
Source and Sample
Period Settings
The sample source and sample period settings are queried with the
following commands. See Chapter 5 for more information.
SAMPle:SOURce?
SAMPle:TIMer?
SAMPle:TIMer? MIN | MAX
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