This tool will calculate the total worst case & root sum squared pressure error band, long term stability, thermal effects error, room temperature accuracy or pressure value for a pressure sensing device.
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Pressure Measurement Accuracy and Error Calculator
This tool will calculate the pressure error, accuracy factor or pressure range value for a pressure measurement device.
Checking the LHR error of a 0-5 Vdc output pressure transducer
We have a transducer which is rated for 0-2000 psi, and it outputs 0-5 Volts. The specification document states that the accuracy is a combined LHR of +/- 0.5 %FS, how would we check this?
Hysteresis
Hysteresis is the difference of two separate measurements taken at the same point, before and after a physical quantity is increased and decreased.
LHR – Linearity, Hysteresis and Repeatability
Linearity, Hysteresis and Repeatability (LHR) is often used to describe the room temperature precision of a pressure sensor, excluding all zero & span offsets, temperature errors and long term stability. Also see non-linearity and pressure hysteresis.
PPM – Parts Per Million
Parts Per Million (PPM) is a ratio used to describe the maximum measurement error or resolution of pressure measurement equipment.
Secondary Pressure Standard
Secondary Pressure Standards are pressure calibration instruments which have to be checked by primary pressure standards on a regular basis.
TEB – Total Error Band
Total Error Band (TEB) is the difference between the most negative and most positive deviation from the true measurement, determined from the combination of all known errors for a sensing device, within the constraints of the measurement and operating temperature range. Typically in the case of a pressure measurement device for example, the total error […]
Span Offset
Span Offset is the amount of deviation in output or reading from the exact value at a point within the measurement span.
TSS – Thermal Span or Sensitivity Shift
Thermal Span or Sensitivity Shift signifies the maximum amount of span that will change at any measurement point within the compensated temperature range.
TZS – Thermal Zero Shift
Thermal Zero Shift (TZS) is the maximum amount the output or reading at the null measurement point might deviate over the compensated temperature range
Thermal Hysteresis
Thermal Hysteresis is the measured change in output or reading at a specific measurement point taken during a sequence of increasing and decreasing temperature.
TEB – Temperature Error Band
Temperature Error Band (TEB) is the error derived from the most positive and negative deviation of all measurement points within a measurement range over the operating or compensated temperature range.
Temperature Error
Temperature Error is the deviation of a measurement reading caused by a change in media or environmental temperature.
Temperature Compensation
Temperature Compensation is a correction applied to a measurement instrument to reduce errors attributed to temperature changes in a process media which is being measured or in the surrounding environment that the instrument is being used.
Repeatability
Repeatability is the amount of change in a measured reading at the same measurement point after a defined number of cycles over the measurement range or a set of environmental limits.
RTE – Referred Temperature Error
Referred Temperature Error is the max deviation expressed as a +/- %FS from measurements taken at a defined temperature.
Accuracy
Accuracy of a measurement instrument defines how much a measurement value may deviate from the perfect measured value.
NL – Non-Linearity
Non-Linearity is the deviation error derived from the straightness of a set of recorded measurements when compared to a straight line, such as bsl or tsl, drawn through all the results. The maximum non-linearity error is normally expressed as a percentage of full scale.
BSL – Best Straight Line
Beast straight line (BSL) is the mathematically derived straight line which runs through the middle of a set of readings in such a way to achieve the smallest error across all the results. The measurement precision of a device is often specified in relation to the maximum deviation from the best straight line.
Calibration Error Calculator
Use this calibration error calculator to determine the accuracy of a measurement device which has a linear input and output characteristic.