Datasheet
DMM7512 Dual Channel 7½-Digit
Sampling Multimeter
A Tektronix Company
Key Features
• Two high-precision, 7½-digit DMMs in a 1U high, full
rack width chassis
• No space requirements between instruments
minimizes rack space
• Capture waveforms or identify transients with two
1 Msample/s 18-bit digitizers
• Trigger a waveform measurement on a signal level, a
rising or falling edge, a window, or a digital trigger
• Store up to 27.5M timestamped readings on
a waveform
• Basic one-year DC Voltage accuracy as low
as 14 ppm
• 10 nV, 0.1 µΩ, and 1 pA sensitivities for making
high resolution low level measurements such as
measurements of portable device sleep currents
• High accuracy, low resistance measurements with
offset compensated ohms, four-wire measurement,
and dry circuit functions
• Auto-calibration improves accuracy and stability by
minimizing temperature and time drift
• USBTMC-compliant and LAN LXI-compliant
interfaces
• Reduce test time by executing test scripts with the
Embedded Test Script Processor, which saves PC
command communication overhead
• Tight synchronization between the two DMMs using
TSP-Link® communication
• Reduce life cycle costs with a two-year
calibration interval
The DMM7512 Dual Channel 7½-digit Sampling
Multimeter combines two full-function, high accuracy
and high sampling speed DMMs into a compact 1U
high, full rack wide form factor chassis. The compact
chassis saves rack space in high-instrument density,
test systems. The small size does not compromise
measurement performance. Each DMM has identical
functionality, and both are entirely independent of each
other. The DMMs achieve a basic, one-year accuracy as
low as 14 ppm for DC volts, 24 ppm for resistance, and
60 ppm for DC current. Sensitivities of 10 nV, 0.1 µΩ, and
1 pA ensure high quality, high resolution measurements
on very small signals. In addition, each DMM has a
wide range of functionality including voltage digitizing,
current digitizing, and temperature measurements with
resistance temperature detectors (RTDs), thermistors,
and thermocouples. With dual channel capability, fast
signal sampling, high speed data transfer rates reaching
up to 100,000 measurements/s, and internal execution of
program test scripts, the DMM7512 reduces space and
reduces test time in automated test systems.
Capture Low Level Waveforms with
the 1 Msample/s Digitizer
Avoid the need for a separate instrument to capture
waveform parameters or ensure a waveform is within
design limits by using the digitizing function. Digitize either
voltage or current and sample a waveform at a rate of up
to 1 Msamples/s with the 18-bit digitizer. The digitizing
function employs the same ranges that the DC voltage
and DC current functions use to deliver exceptional
dynamic measurement range. With the digitizer’s 1 µV
and 0.1 nA sensitivities, the DMM7512 is the best solution
for measuring low level waveforms such as wireless
IoT battery current profiles and laser diode current
consumption profiles. Using the digitizing function, the two
DMMs can measure the current in all the operating states
of a device including the sleep state and the current burst
state when the device is transmitting. By using the two
DMMs as synchronized digitizers, one for voltage and one
for current, power can be accurately computed on timevarying waveforms.
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DMM7512 Front Panel
Shows the two DMM’s multiple, communication interfaces.
LAN
Reset
Digital
I/O
LAN
Status
LAN
STATUS
TSP-Link
MOD
1
MAC ADDRESS
Power
Switch and
Indicator
USB
Type A
R
LAN
RESET
MAC ADDRESS
SERIAL NO.
DMM7512 Rear Panel
USB
Type B
TSP-Link
MOD
2
SYSTEM
TSP-Link
LAN
STATUS
DMM7512 7 1/2 DIGIT MULTIMETER
LAN
DIGITAL I/O
R
LAN
DIGITAL I/O
LAN
RESET
10 Base T/
100 Base T
with LXI, LAN
Shows the identical measurement inputs for DMM 1 and DMM 2.
Externally Accessible
Input Current Fuse
LINE RATING
INPUT
CAT II
300V MAX.
SENSE
4 WIRE
HI
1000V PK
350V PK
LO
500V PK
CAT II
300V MAX.
AMPS
3A, 250V
MOD
2
Input and Sense
Terminals
SENSE
4 WIRE
MOD 2
INPUT FUSE
FAST ACTING
11A, 1000V
EXT TRIG
IN/OUT
SERIAL NO.
External Trigger
Input/Output
Optimized to Maximize Throughput
In addition to the high-speed sampling and fast integrating
measurement modes, each of the DMM7512’s DMMs
utilize Keithley’s powerful Test Script Processor (TSP®)
technology. This embedded scripting capability enables
each DMM to run powerful test scripts directly on the
instrument without external PC interaction. These test
scripts are complete test programs based on an easy-touse, yet highly efficient and compact scripting language,
Lua (www.lua.org). Scripts include instrument control
commands and program statements. Program statements
control script execution and include typical programming
language features such as variables, functions, branching,
and loop control. A test script can execute a complete
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HI
1000V PK
350V PK
LO
500V PK
LINE FUSE
SLOWBLOW
3.15A, 250V
AMPS
3A, 250V
MOD
1
!
MOD 1
INPUT FUSE
FAST ACTING
11A, 1000V
EXT TRIG
IN/OUT
SERIAL NO.
Chassis
Ground
The digitizers can trigger on either the slope, a level,
or a window of an input waveform. The digitizers can
also trigger on digital control signals such as external,
hardware trigger inputs and software trigger commands.
Each digitizer function provides oscilloscope-like
performance with excellent sensitivity, high resolution, and
a fast sampling rate.
2
100-240VAC
50, 60Hz
165VA MAX.
INPUT
test including performing specialized computations and
making decisions on results without having to receive and
decode individual commands from a controller. This saves
significant test time by eliminating a substantial amount of
interface communication time.
TSP technology also offers instrument-to-instrument
communication and control through the TSP-Link®
channel expansion bus. The DMMs in the DMM7512 can
communicate with each other and with other TSP-enabled
instruments, such as the 4-channel 2606B System
SourceMeter® Source Measure Unit (SMU) Instrument, in
a master-subordinate configuration so that all instruments
operate as a single, integrated system controlled by a TSP
script in the master instrument. TSP-Link supports up to
32 instruments per IP address, so a system can be easily
scaled for any test system requirements.
In addition to communicating with and controlling TSPenabled instruments, any instrument with a LAN interface
can be controlled by a TSP-embedded test script using
the TSP-Net communication facility.
DMM7512 Dual Channel 7½-Digit Sampling Multimeter
Test Script
• Conditional branching
• Advanced calculations
and flow control
• Variables
• Pass/fail test
• Prober/handler control
• Datalogging/
formatting
LAN
STATUS
TSP-Link
MOD
1
MAC ADDRESS
R
DIGITAL I/O
DUT 1
LAN
STATUS
DMM7512 7 1/2 DIGIT MULTIMETER
LAN
TSP-Link
MOD
2
SYSTEM
LAN
RESET
Use the Virtual Front Panel
for Test Setup or Manual
Measurements
MAC ADDRESS
SERIAL NO.
R
DUT 2
LAN
DIGITAL I/O
LAN
RESET
Embedded TSP test scripts execute complete test programs and reduce test time.
PC
DUT 1
LAN
LAN
STATUS
TSP-Link
MOD
1
MAC ADDRESS
R
DIGITAL I/O
LAN
SYSTEM
LAN
RESET
LAN
STATUS
DMM7512 7 1/2 DIGIT MULTIMETER
SERIAL NO.
MOD
2
MAC ADDRESS
TSP-Link
R
TSP-Link
R
DIGITAL I/O
LAN
Even though the DMM7512 does not have
a front panel display, the instrument has a
built-in web browser with a virtual front panel.
Through a LAN interface connection, the
virtual front panel can be displayed on a PC
monitor. With the virtual front panel, each
DMM of the DMM7512 can be controlled using
either the PC touchscreen display or mouse
and keyboard controls. All the functionality
of each DMM can be accessed through the
virtual front panel. Thus manual operation and
test setup can be performed as easily as if the
instrument had a physical front panel.
DUT 2
LAN
RESET
TSP-Link
LAN
STATUS
TSP-Link
MOD
1
MAC ADDRESS
R
DIGITAL I/O
LAN
STATUS
DMM7512 7 1/2 DIGIT MULTIMETER
LAN
SYSTEM
LAN
RESET
SERIAL NO.
MOD
2
MAC ADDRESS
DIGITAL I/O
LAN
DUT 3
LAN
RESET
DUT 4
A test script can control multiple instruments through the TSP-Link interface. Measurements
between all DMMs can be synchronized with a latency of under 500 ns.
The DMM7512 virtual front panel displays a conventional
DMM front panel.
Use the virtual front panel to obtain a full screen
display of a waveform. Apply cursors and statistics for
waveform analysis.
Simultaneously stimulate and measure multiple DUTs with the compact, high density,
configuration of the dual-DMM DMM7512 and the four-channel 2606B System SourceMeter
SMU Instrument.
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Specification Conditions
This document contains specifications and supplemental information for the DMM7512 7½ Digit Graphical Sampling Multimeter instrument.
Specifications are the standards against which the DMM7512 is tested. Upon leaving the factory, the DMM7512 meets these specifications.
Supplemental and typical values are nonwarranted, apply at 23 °C, and are provided solely as useful information. Measurement accuracies are
specified at the DMM7512 terminals under these conditions:
• Temperature 23 °C ±5 °C, 5% to 80 60% relative humidity, noncondensing
• After a 4-hour warmup period
• 1 PLC or 5 PLC; for NPLC settings less than 1 PLC, add appropriate ppm of range for peak noise uncertainty from the RMS noise table
• Autozero enabled unless otherwise noted
• Remote sense operation or properly zeroed local operation
• Calibration period: One year or two years (calibration period may vary depending on customer requirements)
• TACAL = Ambient temperature of last automatic calibration
• TCAL = Ambient temperature of last external calibration; factory calibration performed at 23 °C ±1 °C
DC Voltage
Accuracy (Input impedance auto)
Accuracy ±(ppm of reading + ppm of range)
Input
Impedance
24 hour
TCAL ±1 °C 2
90 day
TCAL ±5 °C
1 year
TCAL ±5 °C
2 year
TCAL ±5 °C
Temperature
Coefficient 3
Range 1
Resolution
100.00000 mV 4
10 nV
> 10 GΩ or
10 MΩ ±1%
6 + 30
12 + 30
18 + 30
29 + 30
0.1 + 2.5
1.0000000 V 4
100 nV
> 10 GΩ or
10 MΩ ±1%
4+2
9+5
15 + 5
26 + 5
0.1 + 0.5
10.000000 V 4
1 µV
> 10 GΩ or
10 MΩ ±1%
2 + 0.7
9 + 1.2
14 + 1.2
22 + 1.2
0.1 + 0.05
100.00000 V 4
10 µV
10 MΩ ±1%
8+6
(18 + 15) 5
(22 + 15) 5
(30 + 15) 5
(0.15 + 0.1) 5
1000.0000 V 4, 6
100 µV
10 MΩ ±1%
8+6
35 + 15
40 + 15
45 + 15
2.0 + 1
(19 + 10) 5
(23 + 10) 5
(31 + 10) 5
(0.15 + 0.1) 5
35 + 10
40 + 10
45 + 8
2.0 + 1
NOTES
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6.
4
20% overrange on all ranges except 1% for 1000 V range.
Relative to calibration accuracy.
Add per degree from TCAL ± 5 °C.
When properly zeroed using the Rel function with external cables.
Specified within 30 days of autocalibration, TOPER ± 5 °C from TACAL.
For signal levels greater than 500 V, add 0.02 ppm/V to the ppm of the readings specification for measurements exceeding 500 V.
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DMM7512 Dual Channel 7½-Digit Sampling Multimeter
RMS NOISE (ADDITIONAL PEAK NOISE UNCERTAINTY) 7
Applies to ±ppm of range.
Peak noise uncertainty is included in DC specifications for ≥1 PLC.
Add peak noise uncertainty to measurements for 10 GΩ ||