PERiod:APERture

[SENSe:]PERiod:APERture <time>MINMAX sets the integration time in seconds. Values for time are rounded up to the nearest aperture time shown in the following table.

Parameters

 

 

 

 

Parameter Name

Parameter Type

Range of Values

Default Units

 

 

 

 

<time>

numeric

10ms100msMINMAX

seconds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments MINimum sets the aperture time to 10ms. MAXimum sets the aperture time to

1 second.

The fastest aperture time available when autoranging is 100ms. In order to specify an aperture time of 10ms, you must select a fixed range.

Setting the aperture time also sets the resolution. Aperture time of 0.01 sets resolution at 4½-digits, 0.1 sets 5½-digits and 1 sets 6½-digits.

*RST Condition: 0.1 (100ms)Example Set the Aperture Time

PER:APER 1E-2

Aperture time is 10 ms.

PERiod:APERture?

[SENSe:]PERiod:APERture? [MINMAX] returns one of the following numbers to the output buffer:

The present aperture time in seconds if MIN or MAX is not specified.

The minimum aperture time available (10 ms) if MIN is specified.The maximum aperture time available (100 ms) if MAX is specified.

Example Query the Aperture Time

PER:APER MIN

Aperture time is 10ms.

PER:APER?

Query multimeter to return aperture time.

enter statement

Enter value into computer.

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