Measuring Frequency; Table 2-2 Functions Allowing Frequency Measurement - Agilent Technologies U1231A User Manual

2 Making Measurements

Measuring Frequency

Measuring Frequency
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Your multimeter allows simultaneous monitoring of real-
time voltage or current with frequency measurements.
Table 2- 2 highlights the functions allowing frequency
measurements in your multimeter.

Table 2-2 Functions allowing frequency measurement

U1233A
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Never measure the frequency where the voltage or current level
exceeds the specified range. Manually set the voltage or current
range if you want to measure frequencies below 20 Hz.
• Measuring the frequency of a signal helps detect the presence of
harmonic currents in neutral conductors and determines whether these
neutral currents are the result of unbalanced phases or non-linear
loads.
• Frequency is the number of cycles a signal completes each second.
Frequency is defined as 1/Period. Period is defined as the time
between the middle threshold crossings of two consecutive,
like-polarity edges, as shown in
• The multimeter measures the frequency of a voltage or current signal
by counting the number of times the signal crosses a threshold level
within a specified period of time.
Legend
U1232A
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Figure 2-26.
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