DESIGN STUDY OF SELF-CALIBRATING ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM,

Abstract

A fully automated self-calibrating electrical measurement test set for field use is proposed. The key features of the system are: (1) a set of converters for reducing all measurements to quantities involving the basic three parameters (voltage, resistance and time); (2) direct electrical measurement capability, reducing the number of measurement devices in the field; (3) computational capability for the solution of measurement network equations and the performance of error analysis; (4) full automatic execution of stored program calibration procedures and measurement routines; (5) self-check philosophy to insure fidelity of the system at all times; (6) minimal standards package consisting of single standards of resistance, voltage and time. The standards package is replaceable on a periodic basis. The system is described on a technical basis after which a proposal for the fabrication of a prototype model is presented. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0429924

Entities

People

  • Anthony J. Hoffman
  • M. Mondress
  • R. S. Zelenka

Organizations

  • Frankford Arsenal

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Calibration
  • Converters
  • Electrical Measurement
  • Equations
  • Error Analysis
  • Errors
  • Fabrication
  • Measurement
  • Models
  • Philosophy
  • Prototypes
  • Resistance
  • Standards
  • Test Sets

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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