Overview
The 8558A 8.5 digit multimeter offers 5 mega-samples-per-second high resolution digitizing for system automation in labs and manufacturing test environments. Fluke’s new high-speed system design and the industry’s fastest direct digitizing capability enable significant throughput increases for many automated system applications that require a combination of highest speed and best accuracy. The superb accuracy is delivered over a wide measurement range, over nine functions, with an intuitive user interface on a color display.
The 8558A shares the same platform as the fully loaded 8588A Reference Multimeter. The platform features a common intuitive user interface with easy-to-navigate menu structure for all configuration and matching SCPI-compliant commands for automated environment. The 8588A platform guarantees a minimum of 100,000 readings per second at 4.5 digits across GPIB, USBTMC or Ethernet, and an onboard data memory that can hold up to 15 million readings.
8558A feature callouts
A. Visual Connection Management terminals
Active terminals light up, guiding the user to make the correct connections.
B. Easy-to-access configurations
Range, aperture, input impedance, RMS filter and other measurement configurations are readily available.
C. Large, bright full color display
The intuitive user interface and flat menu structure make it easy to access configurations and view trend plots, waveforms, FFT, histogram and statistics.
D. Programmable front/rear electronic switch
Eliminates manual operation and allows immediate ratio results through a single remote command.
E. 30 A terminal (8588A only; 2A for 8558A)
Enables industry’s widest current measurement range through a single terminal.
F. Soft menu keys
Adapt to the active function, so the menu structure is intuitive and easy to learn.
G. Multi-language selection
Choice of English, Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish.
H. Run/Stop trigger
Toggles the continuous, or free run, measurement state.
I. USB ports
Download data quickly and easily to a flash drive.
J. Trig in/Trig out
Precise triggering maximizes synchronization in system automation.
K. Freq Counter
Enables 100 MHz frequency counter measurement at 0.5 uHz/z.
L. Rear panel input terminals
Mirrors front panel input terminals for connection compatibility and allows for front/rear scan measurement.
M. IEEE 488, LAN, USB interfaces
Standard remote interface for straightforward system integration.
N. USB port
Download data quickly and easily to a flash drive.
O. 2 A terminal
8558A key features and performance
DC voltage
- 100 mV to 1000 V, (1050V max)
- 2.02x full scale
- Maximum resolution: 1 nV
- 4.0 μV/V (95 %) 5.7 μV/V (99 %), 1 year
- 0.5 μV/V (95 %) 0.65 μV/V (99 %), 24 hour stability
- 0 to 10 s reading aperture (200 ns resolution)
DC current
- 10 uA to 2 A (8558A)
- 2.02x full scale
- Maximum resolution: 1 pA
- 9 μA/A (95 %), 12 μA/V (99 %), 1 year
- 0 ns to 100 s reading aperture
AC voltage
- 10 mV to 1000 V, 1 Hz to 10 MHz, (1050 Vrms max)
- 2.02x full scale Vpp, 1.2x full scale Vrms
- Maximum resolution: 1 nV
- 80 μV/V (95 %), 103 μV/V (99 %), 1 year
AC current
- 10 uA to 30 A (8588A only; 2 A for 8558A)
- 2.02x full scale Vpp, 1 Hz to 100 kHz 1.2x full scale Vrms
- Maximum resolution: 1 pA
- 300 μA/A (95 %), 387 μA/V (99 %), 1 year
Resistance
- 1Ω to 10 GΩ (20 GΩ max)
- 2.02x full scale
- Maximum resolution: 10 nΩ
- 10 μΩ/Ω (95 %), 13 μΩ/Ω (99 %), 1 year
- Low current mode, high voltage mode and current-reversal Tru Ohms™
Digitize V
- 100 mV to 1000 V, (1050 V max)
- 2.02x full scale
- Maximum resolution: 18 bits
- 5 mega-samples per second sample rate
- Up to 20 MHz bandwidth
Digitize I
- 10 μA to 30 A (8588A only; 2 A for 8558A)
- 2.02x full scale
- Maximum resolution: 18 bits
- 5 mega-samples per second sample rate
- Up to 4 MHz bandwidth
Frequency or period
- Voltage, up to 10 MHz
- Current, up to 100 kHz
- Frequency up to 100 MHz on BNC
- 0.5 μHz/Hz, 1 year
Capacitance
- 1 nF to 100 mF
- 400 μF/F, 1 year
Temperature
- PRT and thermocouple
- 5 mK PRT, 25 mK TC – 1 year
RF power
- Rhode & Schwarz NRP series DC I and AC I external shunt
DC I and AC I external shunt
- A40B and any other external shunt
Reading speed
- 1 reading /s @ 8.5 digit into memory
- 100,000 readings /s @ 4.5 digit into memory
- Up to 5,000,000 (5 MS/s) readings /s into volatile memory in digitize V and I
- Up to 500,000 readings/s transfer through USB in binary format
Measurement memory
- 15 million readings volitile
- 7.5 million readings with volitile time stamp
- 16 GB non-volitile
GPIB, USBTMC, Ethernet
- Native SCPI compliant remote commands
- 8508A and 3458A emulation mode
- Fully support MET/CAL™ calibration procedures library in Fluke 8508A emulation
- IVI driver
- USB thumb drive for convenient data transfer in .csv format
Trigger mechanisms
- Manual trigger
- External BNC Trig In and Trig Out
- Internal or level trigger
- Timer trigger
- Epoch trigger
- Line trigger
- BUS trigger
