Agilent U3606A Multimeter
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Digital multimeter specifications (continued)
Measurement speeds (typical)
Function Rate
Reading speed
1
(readings/second)
Reading speed
over USB
2
(readings/second)
Reading speed
over GPIB
3
(readings/second)
DC voltage
(10 V)
Slow (5½ digits)
Fast (4½ digits)
15
70
17
31
17
32
DC current
(1 A)
Slow (5½ digits)
Fast (4½ digits)
15
70
17
37
17
36
AC voltage
(10 V at 1 kHz)
Slow (5½ digits)
Fast (4½ digits)
15
70
17
31
17
32
AC current
(1 A at 1 kHz)
Slow (5½ digits)
Fast (4½ digits)
15
70
16
37
17
37
Resistance
(100 k)
Slow (5½ digits)
Fast (4½ digits)
15
70
17
27
17
31
Capacitance
(10 F)
Slow/Fast (3½ digits) 5 4.4 4.6
Frequency
(voltage path at
10 V, 1 kHz)
Slow (5½ digits)
Fast (4½ digits)
9
9
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.7
Frequency
(current path at
10 V, 1 kHz)
Slow (5½ digit)
Fast (4½ digit)
9
9
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.7
1. Reading rate of the A/D converter.
2. Number of measurements per second that can be read through USB using SCPI “READ?” command.
3. Number of measurements per second that can be read through GPIB using SCPI “READ?” command.
Supplementary specifications
DC voltage
Measurement method Sigma Delta A-to-D converter
Maximum input voltage 1000 V
dc
on all ranges
Input impedance 10 M ± 2% range (typical) in parallel with capacitance < 120 pF
Input protection 1000 V
rms
on all ranges, < 0.3 A short circuit
Response time Approximately 0.15 s when the displayed reading reaches 99.9% DC value of the tested
input signal at the same range
DC current
Measurement method Sigma Delta A-to-D converter
Maximum input current 10 mA to 3.0 A DC
Burden voltage and shunt resistance • < 0.2 V, 10 for 10 mA range
• < 0.2 V, 1 for 100 mA range
• < 0.3 V, 0.1 for 1 A range
• < 0.7 V, 0.01 for 3 A range
Input protection Protected with 3.15 A/500 V, FF fuse
Response time Approximately 0.15 s when the displayed reading reaches 99.9% DC value of the tested
input signal at the same range