8588A key features and performance
DC voltage
- 100 mV to 1000 V, (1050V max)
- 2.02x full scale
- Maximum resolution: 1 nV
- 2.7 μV/V (95 %) 3.5 μV/V (99 %), 1 year
- 0.5 μV/V (95 %) 0.65 μV/V (99 %), 24 hour stability
- 0 to 10 s reading aperture (200 ns resolution)
DC current
- 10 uA to 30 A (8588A only; 2 A for 8558A)
- 2.02x full scale
- Maximum resolution: 1 pA
- 6.5 μA/A (95 %), 8.4 μA/V (99 %), 1 year
- 0 ns to 100 s reading aperture
AC voltage
- 10 mV to 1000 V, 1 Hz to 10 MHz, (1050 Vrms max)
- 2.02x full scale Vpp, 1.2x full scale Vrms
- Maximum resolution: 1 nV
- 60 μV/V (95 %), 77 μV/V (99 %), 1 year
AC current
- 10 uA to 30 A (8588A only; 2 A for 8558A)
- 2.02x full scale Vpp, 1 Hz to 100 kHz 1.2x full scale Vrms
- Maximum resolution: 1 pA
- 250 μA/A (95 %), 323 μA/V (99 %), 1 year
Resistance
- 1Ω to 10 GΩ (20 GΩ max)
- 2.02x full scale
- Maximum resolution: 10 nΩ
- 7 μΩ/Ω (95 %), 9 μΩ/Ω (99 %), 1 year
- Low current mode, high voltage mode and current-reversal Tru Ohms™
Digitize V
- 100 mV to 1000 V, (1050 V max)
- 2.02x full scale
- Maximum resolution: 18 bits
- 5 mega-samples per second sample rate
- Up to 20 MHz bandwidth
Digitize I
- 10 μA to 30 A (8588A only; 2A for 8558A)
- 2.02x full scale
- Maximum resolution: 18 bits
- 5 mega-samples per second sample rate
- Up to 4 MHz bandwidth
Frequency or period
- Voltage, up to 10 MHz
- Current, up to 100 kHz
- Frequency up to 100 MHz on BNC
- 0.5 μHz/Hz, 1 year
Capacitance
- 1 nF to 100 mF
- 400 μF/F, 1 year
Temperature
- PRT and thermocouple
- 5 mK PRT, 25 mK TC - 1 year
RF power
- Rhode & Schwarz NRP series DC I and AC I external shunt
DC I and AC I external shunt
- A40B and any other external shunt
Reading speed
- 1 reading /s @ 8.5 digit into memory
- 100,000 readings /s @ 4.5 digit into memory
- Up to 5,000,000 (5 MS/s) readings /s into volatile memory in digitize V and I
- Up to 500,000 readings/s transfer through USB in binary format
Measurement memory
- 15 million readings volitile
- 7.5 million readings with time stamp volitile
- 16 GB non-volitile
GPIB, USBTMC, Ethernet
- Native SCPI compliant remote commands
- 8508A and 3458A emulation mode
- Fully support MET/CAL™ calibration procedures library in Fluke 8508A emulation
- IVI driver
- USB thumb drive for convenient data transfer in .csv format
Trigger mechanisms
- Manual trigger
- External BNC Trig In and Trig Out
- Internal or level trigger
- Timer trigger
- Epoch trigger
- Line trigger
- BUS trigger
CE and CSA compliant