SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR SEMI-AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENT OF HIGH VALUE STANDARD RESISTORS

Luís Ribeiro, Mário Nunes
Abstract:
This paper describes the development, under a graphical programming environment, of a software application to control a modified Wheatstone bridge for measurement and calibration of high value standard resistors. Intuitive panels allow an easy user interface to control the bridge (three high performance measurement equipment and a variable DC voltage source), through a GPIB bus and on screen indications to all non-automatic operations. The user can graphically preview the intermediate results and decide to accept or refuse the data. The data can then be used to calculate the temperature and humidity coefficients, and determine the final result along with the correspondent expanded uncertainty from a set of values for each calibration point. A database can be maintained for each resistor standard with this data.
Keywords:
metrology, standard, resistor, bridge, software
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC4
Event name:
TC4 Symposium 2001
Title:

11th IMEKO TC4 Symposium on Trends in Electrical Measurements and Instrumentation (together with 6th IMEKO TC4 Workshop on ADC Modelling and Testing)

Place:
Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Time:
13 September 2001 - 14 September 2001