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NIST Measurement Services: NIST Multifunction Calibration System

Published

Author(s)

Nile M. Oldham, Mark E. Parker

Abstract

The NIST automated Multifunction Calibration System (MCS) for voltage, current, and resistance is described. Developed primarily to calibrate digital multimeters and calibrators, the system can also be used to test thermal converters, and micropotentiometers. Methods for characterizing the MCS over a wide range of amplitudes at frequencies from dc to 30 MHz are described.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 250-46
Report Number
250-46

Keywords

calibration, calibrator, current, digital multimeter, DMM, resistance, voltage

Citation

Oldham, N. and Parker, M. (1998), NIST Measurement Services: NIST Multifunction Calibration System, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.250-46, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=27400 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created January 31, 1998, Updated October 12, 2021