09-21-2021 09:14 AM
Hi,
I want your help,
I want to know if I could see a PWM signal using NI PXI-4065.
Best Regard.
09-21-2021 09:27 AM
Hi Emna,
@Emna20 wrote:
I want to know if I could see a PWM signal using NI PXI-4065.
You might "see" such a signal, but the readings might be senseless.
The PXI4065 is a DMM supporting DC and AC signals as written in its specs.
09-21-2021 09:32 AM
Nope, it cannot measure PWM signals (other better DMM like 4081 has digitizer mode that could be used to look at PWM)
Unfortunately, you cannot measure a PWM signal using 4065.
Alternatively, you can estimate the PWM duty cycle by taking a DC measurement, this measurement when made over complete PWM cycles will result in an average-DC value.
For example, your PWM frequency is 50Hz 5V TTL signal
You can configure your DMM to measure DCV with 20ms aperture time, this way it measures the average-DC over a single PWM cycle, you can compute the duty-cycle based on measured average DC value against the signal voltage range, if you measure 2.5V then it is 50% duty cycle