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News Release from: Pickering Interfaces | Subject: 40-260 precision resistor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 01 November 2007
Three-channel resistor covers wide ohm
range
The 40-260 provides a resistance setting resolution of better than 10mohms over the entire resistance range and an accuracy of better than 0.1% for all resistance settings.
Pickering Interfaces has expanded its range of PXI products with the first in a new range of precision resistor modules The 40-260 is a three-channel variable resistor module covering the resistance range of 90 to 8kohms with high resolution and accuracy in the PXI form factor
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 40-260 provides a resistance setting resolution of better than 10mohms over the entire resistance range and an accuracy of better than 0.1% for all resistance settings.
The 40-260's combination of resistance range and fine setting resolution means it offers the equivalent of better than 20 bits of resolution of resistance setting.
It combines fine and coarse control mechanisms in combination with a calibration system to achieve its excellent performance.
The requested resistance value is provided by resistance calls to the module instead of an approach based on setting patterns of relay settings.
According to David Owen, Business Development Manager for Pickering Interfaces, "This approach saves users considerable effort in simulating variable resistance devices, as they no longer need to convert requests for resistance values into relay patterns and the resistance request they send to the module is responded to with an accuracy that is at least an order of magnitude more accurate than that achievable by other approaches used in PXI modules".
"The specifications of the 40-260 family make them suitable for applications such as simulating RTDs and strain gauges in a test environment".
The module includes a calibration port that can be used to calibrate the resistor channels while the unit is connected to the UUT in a test system using an external DMM connected to the calibration port.
Other versions of the 40-260 precision resistor module family can be supplied with variation on channel count, resolution and resistance range to suit different applications and cost targets.
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