NI PXI-5422 Calibration Procedure 2 ni.com
Adjusting the Analog Output ....................................................35
Adjusting the Oscillator Frequency...........................................52
Adjusting the Calibration ADC.................................................55
Closing the External Adjustment Session.................................60
Calibration Utilities .................................................................................61
MAX.................................................................................................61
FGEN SFP........................................................................................61
NI-FGEN..........................................................................................62
Where to Go for Support.........................................................................63
Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
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to a final action. The sequence File»Page Setup»Options directs you to
pull down the File menu, select the Page Setup item, and select Options
from the last dialog box.
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Introduction
This document contains instructions for calibrating the NI PXI-5422
arbitrary waveform generator. This calibration procedure is intended for
metrology labs. It describes specific programming steps for writing an
external calibration procedure for the NI PXI-5422.