
Since errors from each component are not correlated with each other, the total system error will be the root-sum-square (RSS) of all the errors: 2 ETOTAL 2 = EDAQ 2 + ESIG_COND 2 + ETHERMOCOUPLE Example: Assume the following conditions: • DAQ: Agilent U2355A • Signal Conditioning: Agilent U2802A • Ambient temperature: 23 °C • Thermocouple type: J-type, standard limits of error • Temperature to measure: 600 °C Assume the following error specifications: • U2355A: Gain error = 0.02% of reading • Of