User Manual
A-6 Specifications 2400 Series SourceMeter
®
 User’s Manual 
Case III: Auto-Zero disabled and measuring one function
Figure A-3
Case III Timing Diagram
Trigger Latency:  225µsec max 
Source Configuration:  50µsec max 
A/D Conversion: [NPLC Setting × (1 / power line frequency)] + 185µsec 
Firmware Overhead:  300µsec for Source V 
640µsec for Source I
Source On Time ≅  Source Configuration + Source Delay + A/D Conversion + 
Firmware Overhead
Example: Source Delay = 0 
NPLC Setting = 0.08 PLC 
Power Line Frequency = 60Hz
Source On Time ≅  50µsec + 0 + [(0.08 × 1/60) + 185µsec] + 40µsec 
≅  1.85msec for Source V 
≅  2.2msec for Source I
Trigger
Event
Source
On
Source On Time
Source
Off
Trigger
Delay
Trigger
Latency
Source
Configuration
Source
Delay
A/D
Conversion
(current signal
phase)










