ADLINK ACL-8111 - Manual (Page 56)

50 • Calibration
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Calibration
In data acquisition process, how to calibrate your measurement devices to
maintain its accuracy is very important. Users can calibrate the analog input
and analog output channels under the users' operating environment for
optimizing the accuracy. This chapter will guide you to calibrate your ACL-
8111 to an accuracy condition.
Note: Your ACL-8111 board has been carefully calibrated in the factory
before it is shipped to you.
6.1 What do you need
Before calibrating your ACL-8111 card, you should prepare some equipment
for the calibration:
1. Calibration program: once the program is executed, it will guide you to
do the calibration. This program is included in the delivered package.
2. One 5 1/2 digit multi-meter (6 1/2 digital multi-meter is recommended).
3. A voltage calibrator or very stable and noise free DC voltage generator.