Rohde & Schwarz NPA101 Power Meter

Overview

The Rohde & Schwarz NPA101 is a compact power meter designed for basic power analysis applications in laboratory and production environments. It features a brilliant QVGA color display (320 × 240 pixels) capable of simultaneously showing up to 10 user-configurable measurement results with 10 measurements per second refresh rate. With basic accuracy of 0.05%, the NPA101 provides reliable measurements for voltage, current, power, and THD applications.

Key Features

• Power measurement range: 50 µW to 12 kW
• Frequency bandwidth: DC to 100 kHz
• Sampling rate: 500 ksample/s with 16-bit resolution for current and voltage
• QVGA color display (320 × 240 pixels) with 10 Hz refresh rate
• Basic measurement accuracy: 0.05%
• Display of 26 critical power parameters
• Data logging with timestamp in CSV format
• USB flash drive connectivity for screen captures and data export
• Remote control via Ethernet or USB interfaces
• Free driver packages for LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI integration

Applications

• Basic voltage, current, and power measurements
• Total harmonic distortion (THD) analysis
• Laboratory power analysis
• Production testing and quality control
• Data acquisition and long-term monitoring with CSV logging