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Resistance uncertainty

Introduced in: rtd-acquire 0.1.0a1

Measurement.standard_uncertainty_ohms is the acquisition layer's optional place to report a standard uncertainty in the resistance result.

measurement.standard_uncertainty_ohms

A numeric value means the acquisition path has quantified that contribution in ohms. None means it has not supplied a quantified value.

None is not zero

Absence of a quantified uncertainty does not imply perfect measurement. It only means the acquisition result does not carry a standard-uncertainty estimate.

Keep uncertainty layers distinct

This field concerns the acquired resistance. If an application later uses rtd-sensor to convert resistance to temperature, that package can propagate resistance uncertainty through the selected RTD model and combine it with other model-level uncertainty contributions.

That separation makes the provenance of uncertainty clearer: acquisition hardware establishes resistance uncertainty; RTD modeling establishes how that uncertainty affects temperature interpretation.