Rear-Panel Output Mating Connector; Two-Wire Local Sense Connection - Tektronix Keithley 2281 Series Reference Manual

Model 2281S-20-6 DC Power Supply and Battery Simulator Reference Manual

Rear-panel output mating connector

Available connections on the rear output mating connector include the output high (+), output low (-),
sense high (+), and sense low (-) terminals. The rear output terminals accept wire sizes from AWG 20
to AWG 12.

Two-wire local sense connection

You can connect a device to the instrument in a two-wire sense connection as shown in the following
figure.
If you use a two-wire sense connection, you can use the offset function of 2281S to cancel out the
wire resistance. For details, refer to
077114601 / March 2019
Figure 37: Two-wire connection
Relative offset (on page 4-13).
Section 2: General operation
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