Electrical

DC/Low Frequency

Indiana Standards Laboratory offers ISO/IEC-17025 accredited calibration of meters and sources in the DC/low frequency range. ISL has used modern and time-tested methods to measure and source DC/low frequency for 50 years. Primary source calibrations are performed using our fixed standards for voltage, resistance, capacitance, and inductance. Secondary source calibrations are performed using our state-of-the-art calibrators that are capable of sourcing, voltage, current, resistance, capacitance, phase, thermocouple, RTD, and time mark. Primary measurements use a bridge comparator, high-accuracy digital multimeter, thermal transfer, or ratio. Secondary measurements use a digital multimeter, current shunt, current transformer, thermocouple indicator, or oscilloscope. All parameters are traceable to a National Metrological Institute such as NIST (US). We are able to calibrate various manufacturers’ instruments, including but not limited to: Fluke, Extech, Amprobe, AEMC, Biddle, Hart Scientific, and Ametek.

Capacitance (Source & Measure)
  • (0.1 to 1000) pF, (1 to 1000) nF, (1 to 100) µF
AC Current (Source & Measure)
  • 1 mA to 20 A @ 10 Hz to 10 kHz
DC Current (Source & Measure)
  • 0 nA to 100 A
DC Current (Measure)
  • (>100 to 2000) A
DC Current (Simulated Source)
  • (20 to 1000) ADC
Inductance (Source & Measure)
  • 100 µH to 10 H @ 100 Hz, 1 kHz
Magnetometers / Flux Meters
  • (0 to 20000) G
Resistance Fixed Point (Source & Measure)
  • 100 µΩ, (1, 10, 100) mΩ, (1, 10, 100) Ω, (1, 10, 100) kΩ, (1, 10, 100) MΩ, (1, 10, 100) GΩ
Resistance Ranges (Source)
  • 100 µΩ to 1 GΩ
Resistance Ranges (Measure)
  • 50 µΩ to 1 GΩ
Electrical Calibration of RTD Indicators
  • (-200 to 849) °C
AC Voltage (Source & Measure)
  • 1 mV to 1200 V @ 10 Hz to 500 kHz
AC High Voltage (Source)
  • (>1 To 5) kV @ 60 Hz
AC High Voltage (Measure)
  • (>1 to 20) kV @ 60 Hz
DC Voltage Fixed Point (Source)
  • (10, 100) mV, (1, 10, 100, 1000) V
DC Voltage Ranges (Source)
  • 0 µV to 1000 V
DC High Voltage (Source)
  • >1 kV to 70 kV
DC Voltage Fixed Point (Measure)
  • 100 mV, (1, 10, 100, 1000) V
DC Voltage Ranges (Measure)
  • 1 mV to 1000 V
DC High Voltage (Measure)
  • (>1 to 100) kV
DC Ratio (Source)
  • (0 to 1) ratio
Thermocouple Simulation
  • Type B (250 to 1820) °C
  • Type E (-270 to 1000) °C
  • Type J (-210 to 1200) °C
  • Type K (-270 to 1372) °C
  • Type N (-270 to 1300) °C
  • Type R (-50 to 1768) °C
  • Type S (-50 to 1768) °C
  • Type T (-270 to 400) °C
Oscilloscope Vertical Amplitude DC
  • 1 MΩ: (0 to 130) V
Square Wave
  • 1 MΩ: 1 mV to 130 V pk-pk @ 10 Hz to 10 kHz
  • 50 Ω: 1 mV to 6V pk-pk @ 10 Hz to 10 kHz
Pulse Risetime
  • 1 kHz to 10 MHz, (200 to 350) ps
Time Mark Source
  • 2 ns to 20 ms, 50 ms to 5 s, non-cardinal 2 ns to 5 s
Level Sinewave (Source)
  • 50 kHz to 1 GHz, 5 mV to 5.5 V
Input Resistance (Measure)
  • (40 to 60) Ω, (500 to 1500) kΩ
Input Capacitance (Measure)
  • (5 to 50) pF

RF/Microwave

Indiana Standards Laboratory offers ISO/IEC-17025 accredited calibration of meters and sources in the RF/Microwave range. Using signal generators and power meters that are traceable to a National Metrological Institute like NIST(US). We are able to calibrate various manufacturers’ instruments, including but not limited to: Fluke, Hewlett-Packard, Agilent, Keysight, and Anritsu.

RF Power (Source & Measure)
  •  1 mW @ 50 MHz
RF Power (Absolute Measure)
  •  0.1 nW to 10 mW @ 10 MHz to 10 GHz
RF Power (Relative Measure)
  •  0.1 nW to 10 mW @ 100 kHz to 18 GHz

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