Tektronix AWG610 - Manual

Table of Contents AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual v Appendix D: Sample Waveforms D–1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waveform File Descriptions D–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix E: File Transfer In...

Table of Contents vi AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual ListĂofĂFigures Figure 1–1: Rear panel power switch, fuse holder, and power connector 1–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Figure 1–2: Location of the ON/STBY switch 1–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Figure 2–1: Fr...

Table of Contents AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual xi ListĂofĂTables Table 1–1: AWG610 waveform editors 1–2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1–2: Power cord options 1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 1–3: Standard accessories...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual xv General Safety Summary Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage tothis product or any products connected to it. To avoid potential hazards, use thisproduct only as specified. Only qualified personnel should perform ...

General Safety Summary xvi AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Terms in this Manual. These terms may appear in this manual: Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life. Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could resu...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual xvii Preface This manual provides user information for the AWG610 Arbitrary WaveformGenerators. Manual Structure The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform User Manual contains the following sections: The Getting Started section covers initial instrument inspection...

Preface xviii AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Conventions This manual uses the following conventions: Front-panel button and control labels are printed in the manual in upper casetext. For example, SETUP, SHIFT, APPL. If it is part of a procedure, thebutton or control label is printe...

Preface AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual xix Related Manuals Following are additional manuals that are available for the AWG610 ArbitraryWaveform Generator: The AWG500/600 Series Arbitrary Waveform Generator ProgrammerManual provides complete information on programming and remote cont...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 1-1 Getting Started This section provides the following information: Description and features of the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator Initial inspection procedure Standard and optional accessories listings Installation procedures Power on and off pr...

Getting Started 1-2 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Five waveform editors (see Table 1–1) Table 1-1: AWG610 waveform editors Editor Description Waveform Creates analog waveform data in graphic or tabular form. Pattern Creates analog waveform data in timing and table form. Sequence Cr...

Getting Started AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 1-3 Incoming Inspection Inspect the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator carton for external damage.If the carton is damaged, notify the carrier. Remove the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator from its carton and checkthat the instrument...

Getting Started 1-4 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Accessories The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator includes the standard accessorieslisted in Table 1–3: Table 1-3: Standard accessories Accessory Part number User Manual 071Ć0554Ć50 Programmer Manual 070ĆA810Ć50 Sample waveform fl...

Getting Started 1-6 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Options This subsection describes the following options available with the AWG610Arbitrary Waveform Generator: Option 1R (Rack mounting) Option D1 (Test result report) Option 1S (Wavewriter S3FTX00) Option 10 (78 Mbyte Flash disk) E...

Getting Started AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 1-7 A 78 Mbyte flash disk addition. The hard disk is deleted when this option isordered. The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator retains the state of the front panelON/STB switch. The ON/STB switch must be left in the on position to be ...

Getting Started 1-8 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual . If the air flow is restricted and the internal temperature of the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator exceeds the proper operating temperature range,the instrument displays a message “Power fail or out of temperature limit” andtem...

Getting Started AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 1-9 Check that you have the proper electrical connections. The AWG610 ArbitraryWaveform Generator generator operates within the following power supplyvoltage and frequency ranges: Line voltage range 100 - 240 V Line frequency 48 - 63 Hz...

Getting Started 1-10 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table 1-6: Power cord identification Plug configuration Normal usage Option number North America Standard Europe A1 United Kingdom A2 Australia A3 North America A4 Switzerland A5 Push the PRINCIPAL POWER SWITCH (shown in Figure 1–1...

Getting Started 1-12 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Push the ON/STBY switch (shown in Figure 1–2) on the lower left side of thefront panel to power on the instrument. Check that the fan is blowing air out ofthe instrument. . The instrument needs to be warmed up for at least 20 minut...

Getting Started AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 1-13 The instrument automatically runs power-on self tests to check that the instru-ment is operating normally. Check the results of the power-on self tests. If all the diagnostic tests arecompleted without error, the instrument display...

Getting Started AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The complete instrument type and serial number. A description of the service required. 3. Wrap the instrument with polyethylene sheeting or equivalent to protect the outside finish and prevent entry of packing materials into the instrum...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-1 Operating Basics This section provides the following information: The Functional Overview subsection describes the instrument buttons,controls, connectors, and typical screen displays. The Basic Operations subsection describes how to operate menus ...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-5 Figure 2–4 shows the rear panel signal and power connectors. To prevent damage to the instrument, only apply signals within the stipulated range to the INPUT connector. Do not apply any external voltage to the OUTPUT connector. Rea...

Operating Basics 2-6 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Power supply fuse holder The 10 A fast blow and 5 A (T) fuse are used for 115 V and 230 V systems, respectively Power connector Connect the provided power cable to this connector. 10BASEĆT connector IEEE STD 488 connector Connect t...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-7 Menu Operations This section describes the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator menu systemand numeric and text input methods. The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator uses menus to make selections.There are four menu buttons, labele...

Operating Basics 2-8 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Pushing a front-panel menu button displays the screen and bottom menu itemsassociated with the button. You select a bottom menu item by pushing the buttondirectly below that menu item. Pushing a bottom button displays a side menu, ...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-11 Numeric Input You can enter numeric values by using either the numeric keypad or the generalpurpose knob. If the side menu item displays a value, you can alter this valueusing the general purpose knob or numeric buttons. Pushing t...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-13 Text Input When you need to assign a name to a waveform file or equation, or a IP addressto the instrument, the instrument displays a text dialog box. See Figure 2–11.The text field is where you enter or change an existing charact...

Operating Basics 2-14 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table 2-2: Text input button functions Control Description General purpose knob Selects the character to insert into the text field. a and ' arrow buttons Moves the character insertion caret left or right in the text field. ENTER ...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-15 Table 2-3: Shortcut controls Controls Description VERTICAL Displays the Vertical side menu. This is the same operation as selecting SETUP (front) Vertical (bottom). Adjusts the vertical offset parameters. This is the same as selec...

Operating Basics 2-16 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table 2-4: AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator file types Extensions Files Description .WFM Waveform file Contains waveform data. All signal data must be in waveform format before it can be output. Created with the waveform editor...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-17 . In the following procedures, you may have to push the EDIT button twice to quit the editor. When the instrument does not display the file list, try to pushthe EDIT button again. If you are prompted, refer to Saving Files on page...

Operating Basics 2-18 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Deleting files is done from the EDIT menu screen. Do the following steps todelete a file: 1. Push EDIT (front). The instrument displays the file list. 2. Select the file to delete. 3. Push File (bottom) Delete (side). The instrume...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-19 File with read only Attribute side button Directory with read only Figure 2-13: Files and directories with read onlyattribute File saving is done from within each editor screen. You have the choice of savingyour waveform data to t...

Operating Basics 2-20 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual . When you exit an editor without saving edited data, the instrument displays the message Save the changes you made? Push the Yes side button tosave the waveform data. To save waveform data to a new file name, push File (bottom) S...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-21 Double Windows When the Window bottom button is displayed, you can divide the file list in theEdit Screen into two lists as shown in Figure 2–15. This function is calledDouble Windows. Lower Window Upper Window Figure 2-15: Double...

Operating Basics 2-22 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual When you display the double windows, the Select side button will be available.Push the Select side button to select Upper for file operation in the upper file listwindow. Push the Select side button once more to select Lower for f...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-23 Figure 2-16: Overwrite confirmation Table 2-8: Confirmation selection for copyĆall and moveĆall operations Side menu Description Cancel Cancels and stops copy or move operation. No Skips the copy or move operation for the file ind...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-25 This function is always available when a file list window or file list dialog box isdisplayed on the screen. Editor Overview This section introduces the editor screen, describes the screen elements, anddiscusses concepts common to...

Operating Basics 2-26 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual To display the main Edit screen, push the EDIT front-panel button. If there is nowaveform file currently loaded into the edit buffer, the instrument displays themain Edit screen and a list of files in the current drive, as shown i...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-27 The default Edit screen displays a list of files in the current drive. To load a fileand open an editor window, use the general purpose knob or the front-panelarrow buttons to highlight a file name. Then push the ENTER front-panel...

Operating Basics 2-28 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual To create a new waveform file, push the Edit bottom menu button. This displaysthe Edit side menu items as shown in Figure 2–20. Table 2–11 provides anoverview of the Edit side menu button functions. Edit selected file Create a new...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-29 Figure 2–21 shows elements that are common to many of the editor screens.What elements are in an editor depends on which editor is open. The Referencesection describes each editor in detail. Refer to Figure 2–21 to familiarizeyour...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-31 The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator can open and edit up to threewaveform and/or pattern files, in any combination. The wave data is displayed inseparate windows, with each window stacked vertically on the screen. Multipleedit...

Operating Basics 2-32 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2. Select a waveform or pattern file from the Select File list. If necessary, use the Drive... side menu to select the storage drive where thefile to load is located. 3. Push the OK side button. The instrument opens a new window f...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-33 2. If you have made no modifications to the data, the editor is immediately exited. If you have not saved the data after modifications, the message boxSave the changes you made? appears. Push Yes, No, or Cancel side button. Setup ...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-35 Do the following steps to load a waveform file into the Setup screen: 1. Push the Waveform/Sequence bottom menu button. This opens the Waveform/Sequence side menu. 2. Push the Load... side button. The instrument opens the Select F...

Operating Basics 2-36 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual buffer, you must save the currently edited waveform, pattern, sequence orequation/text into a file. You can enter into the QUICK EDIT mode only from the waveform editor. Whenyou enter into the quick edit mode, the instrument copie...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-37 To edit the loaded waveform file, push the Edit... side menu button. Theinstrument opens the appropriate edit window for the previously loaded file type. If you have not loaded a file in the Setup screen, the instrument displays t...

Operating Basics 2-38 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table 2-14: Setup output parameter operations (cont.) Bottom button Description Side button Horizontal ClockClock Ref Marker 1 DelayMarker 2 Delay Sets the clock sample rate from 50 kS/s to 2.6 GS/s.Sets the reference clock source...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-39 The waveform or pattern file contains only the waveform and clock information.When you load a waveform or pattern file, the output signal will use the currentinstrument setup parameters. To save you from doing a manual setup proce...

Operating Basics 2-40 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Theory of Operation This section presents an overview of the AWG610 Arbitrary WaveformGenerator hardware, data structures, and operating modes. Figure 2–27 shows the AWG610 circuitry. This section describes the hardwareblocks to p...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-41 Clock 10 MHz Ref Out 10 MHz Ref In Trigger Input 1/4 Clock Output Event Input AWG Board Memory Power Supply Analog Output Marker 1 Marker 1 Back Plane GPIB LAN LAN Conn 10 BaseT CPU Board Memory Memory Flash Disk 10 MB Hard Disk 1...

Operating Basics 2-42 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual If you select the external source, the reference signal connected to the 10 MHzREF In connector on the rear panel will be used. The internal clock is from the reference clock oscillator, which uses direct digitalsynthesis (DDS). F...

Operating Basics AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-45 Signal Edit Process This subsection describes the signal edit process. Load the desired waveform data to be output into the waveform memory. Newwaveform data can be created using waveform editors incorporated in theAWG610 Arbitrar...

Operating Basics 2-46 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table 2-16: Editors (Cont.) Editors Descriptions Sequence Editor The Sequence Editor lets you create a more complex waveform by combining a few types of the waveform data that you have created using Waveform and/or Pattern Editors...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-47 Tutorials This section contains tutorials to help you learn how to operate the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator. These tutorials provide a goodintroduction to the following basic features of the instrument: Setting up the instrument Loading and...

Tutorials 2-48 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual ÁÁ ÁÁ AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator TDSĆseries oscilloscope 50 W SMAĂcoaxial cable SMA (Fe)ĆBNC(Ma)Ă adapter CH 1 50 W SMA Terminator Figure 2-30: Cable connection between AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator and digital storage osc...

Tutorials AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-49 Tutorial 1: Instrument Setup This tutorial shows you how to do some instrument setups. In this tutorial you will learn the following: How to use the arrow button and general purpose knob How to set the date and time How to adjust the scr...

Tutorials 2-50 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Do the following steps to set the year: 1. Repeatedly press the b button in the upper middle part of the front panel until the Year: field is highlighted on the screen. 2. Turn the general purpose knob in the right upper corner of the fr...

Tutorials AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-51 Tutorial 2: Loading and Outputting a Sample Waveform This tutorial shows you how to load and output a waveform from the samplewaveform floppy disk provided with the AWG610 Arbitrary WaveformGenerator. In this tutorial you will learn the ...

Tutorials 2-52 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Figure 2-33: The Select File list 4. Push the Drive... side menu button. The Select Drive dialog box appears at the corner of the screen and theDrive... side menu also appears. Note that the knob icon appears in thedialog box. This means...

Tutorials AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-53 Do the following steps to view the waveform you just loaded: 1. Push the View side menu button to display the waveform. The waveform is displayed on the screen as shown in Figure 2–34. 2. When you are done viewing the waveform, push the ...

Tutorials 2-54 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3. If you connected an oscilloscope to the Waveform Generator, observe that the waveform on the oscilloscope is the same as that shown in Figure 2–34. You have completed the Loading and Outputting a Sample Waveform tutorial. Tutorial 3: ...

Tutorials AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-55 Figure 2-35: Waveform editor initial screen Do the following steps to create a standard sine function waveform: 1. Push the Operation bottom button. The instrument displays the Operation pop-up menu. 2. Select Standard Waveform... from t...

Tutorials 2-58 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual . The waveform amplitude shown in the Waveform Editor does not directly correspond to the output waveform voltage amplitude. The levels in theWaveform Editor correspond to the instrument 8-bit digital-to-analog convertor(DAC) resolution....

Tutorials AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-59 Figure 2-38: Waveform created with the multiply operation Do the following steps to save the waveform: . To output the waveform in the waveform editor, you must first save the waveform into a file and then load the file into the waveform...

Tutorials 2-60 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Character palette Text field Figure 2-39: File Name Input dialog box 5. Push the ENTER button once. Confirm that the letter A is inserted into the text field. 6. Turn the general purpose knob to highlight the letter B in the character pa...

Tutorials 2-62 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Tutorial 4: Editing a Waveform Using Quick Editor Quick editor is a function that lets you simultaneously edit and output awaveform. When you open the quick editor, the waveforms in the quick editorwaveform are completely independent of ...

Tutorials AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-63 You can only edit the waveform within the area between the two vertical cursors.You can move the active cursor (currently-selected vertical cursor) horizontallyby turning the general purpose knob or by entering a numeric position with th...

Tutorials AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-65 If you connected an oscilloscope to the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator,observe that the waveform on the oscilloscope changes as soon as you makechanges to the Quick Editor window. The waveform in the edit buffer is copied into the U...

Tutorials 2-66 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Tutorial 5: Using the Equation Editor You can create a waveform by creating, compiling, and loading an equation file.An equation file is a text file that you create and edit in the equation editor. In this tutorial you will learn the fol...

Tutorials AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-67 3. Push the Drive bottom button. 4. Push the Floppy side button to select the floppy disk drive. The file list for the floppy disk appears. 5. Select the file log_swp.equ from the file list using the general purpose knob. 6. Push the EDI...

Tutorials 2-68 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 5. Push the OK side button. This saves the equation file without changing the file name. Do the following steps to compile the equation file: 1. Push the Compile side button. When the compile completes, the waveform is saved into the fil...

Tutorials AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-69 Tutorial 6: Creating and Running Waveform Sequences The sequence editor lets you create a sequence file. A sequence file is a list ofwaveform or pattern files to output along with control statements that define howmany times and when the...

Tutorials 2-70 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual You will create five waveforms using standard functions. Table 2–17 lists thewaveforms you will create. Table 2-17: Waveforms to be used in sample sequences No. Waveform file name Standard waveform popĆup parametersType Operation Cycle A...

Tutorials 2-72 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Do the following steps to open the sequence editor and create the sequences: 1. Push the EDIT button on the front panel. The screen listing the file in the default stage media appears. If not, pushEDIT button again to display the screen ...

Tutorials AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-73 You will create the sequence list shown in Table 2–18. This sequence is used as asubsequence and is called from the main sequence that you create in Create theMain Sequence on page 2–75. This sequence runs as follows: 1. Line 1: outputs ...

Tutorials 2-74 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 7. Repeat steps 2 through 6 to insert lines 2 through 4 and enter waveform file names listed in Table 2–18 into the CH1 column. 8. Repeatedly push the y button to go back to line 1. 9. Push the ' button to place the highlighted cursor on...

Tutorials AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-75 Do the following steps to save the subsequence table information to the filesubseq.seq: 1. Push the File bottom button. 2. Push the Save As... side button. The Input Filename dialog box appears. 3. Enter the file name subseq.seq into the...

Tutorials 2-76 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2. Fill in the CH1 and Repeat Count columns for lines 1 through 4 according to Table 2–19. Refer to steps 1 through 12 beginning on page 2–73 of this tutorial if youneed help. To set Inf. in the Repeat Count of line 2, push the Infinity(...

Tutorials AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-77 10. Push the Event Jump bottom button. The screen as shown in Figure 2–47 appears. Figure 2-47: Screen for setting event jump 11. Push the Timing side button to set the timing to Sync. 12. Push the Data Entry bottom button. This step mus...

Tutorials 2-78 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 20. Push the Data Entry bottom button. This step must be made to go back to the sequence table screen. 21. Push the Goto One side button to On. You should be able to complete the main sequence table by using steps similar tocreating the ...

Tutorials AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-79 Do the following steps to load and run the sequence files: 1. Push the Waveform/Sequence bottom button. 2. Push the Load... side button. 3. Select mainseq.seq from the file list in the dialog box. 4. Push the OK side button. If there is ...

Tutorials AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Line 1 of mainseq.seq calls the subsequence file as soon as it detects atrigger event. The subsequence list outputs the four waveforms and thenreturns to line 2 of the main sequence. Line 2 continuously outputs the ramp waveform while waiting...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-1 Reference This section provides the following information: Editor operations overview Menu structures shows the tree structuring each menu Functions and procedures for using the waveform, pattern, sequence, andequation/text editors Functions and pr...

Reference 3-2 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table 3–1 lists the four main menus in the AWG610 Arbitrary WaveformGenerator. Additional menu information can be found in the Reference section ofthis manual beginning on page 3–3. Table 3-1: AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator main menu...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-3 Menu Structures This section describes the structures for the menu system. The four main menustructures contain the following submenus: Bottom menus Side menus Pop-up menus Item labels that follow the ellipsis (...) bring up either a subside menu, ...

Menu Structures 3-4 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Setup Menu Hierarchy Waveform/Sequence Load... View SETUP Main menu Bottom menu Side menu Subbottom menu Subside menu PopĆup or dialog menu Description dialog Select file Selects file to load Up LevelDown LevelDrive... Select Drive:...

Menu Structures 3-10 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual EDIT Menu Hierarchy Drive Main EDIT Directory dialog List of files FloppyNET1 NET2 NET3 Selects storage drive Main menu Bottom menu Side menu Subbottom menu Subside menu PopĆup or dialog menu Description Up LevelDown LevelMake Dire...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-29 The Setup Menu Screen This section describes the key elements of the Setup menu screen, how to load afile, how to set the signal output parameters, and how to enable signal output. Setup Menu Screen Elements To open the Setup menu screen, push the...

The Setup Menu Screen AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-31 The Waveform/Sequenc e Menu The Waveform/Sequence menu is used for loading, viewing, and editingwaveform files. The Load... button lets you load a waveform (.wfm), pattern (.pat), or sequence(.seq) file to output. Do the foll...

The Setup Menu Screen 3-32 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual There are too many lines in the sequence table. The maximum number oflines is 8,000. There is more than one nesting level of subsequence files. The maximumnesting level is one. The sequence calls itself. The destination of a ...

The Setup Menu Screen 3-34 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual This button lets you set the marker 1 and 2 high and low levels. You may set anyvalue from –1.1 to 3.0 V in 50 mV increments. The value of Low must alwaysbe less than or equal to the value of High. The maximum marker output l...

The Setup Menu Screen AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-35 . Use the SAMPLE RATE/SCALE knob to adjust the clock frequency directly, without having to open the Horizontal menu. You can open the Horizontal menu by pushing the HORIZONTAL MENUfront-panel button. This is the same as pushi...

The Setup Menu Screen 3-36 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual . When you push the RUN button, the instrument outputs a pulse signal for a short period of time on the 1/4 CLOCK OUT connector that is not related tothe clock signal. This signal is generated for the instrument internal setu...

The Setup Menu Screen AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-37 The Run Mode Menu Push the SETUP on the front-panel and the Run Mode bottom button to set thewaveform output run mode. The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator Seriesinstrument operates in response to trigger signals and/or ev...

The Setup Menu Screen 3-38 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual This button sets the instrument to enhanced output mode. While a waveform isbeing output, the Enhanced mode operates the same as the Triggered modeexcept for the sequence table output. For sequence table output, the Wait Trig...

The Setup Menu Screen AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-39 The Trigger Menu The Trigger menu lets you set instrument external signal trigger parameters. TheTrigger menu commands are Source, Slope, Level, Impedance, and Interval. This button lets you set the instrument trigger source....

The Setup Menu Screen 3-40 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual This button lets you set the level at which the TRIG IN external trigger signaltriggers the instrument. You can set the trigger level from –5.0 V to +5.0 V. Do the following steps to set the signal level: 1. Push SETUP (front...

The Setup Menu Screen AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-41 The Save/Restore Menu The Save/Restore menu lets you save and restore instrument output setupinformation on both AWG mode and FG mode to a file. The setup parameterswhen saving is included in a setup file. When you restore a ...

The Setup Menu Screen 3-42 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual . If you try to load a nonsetup file, you will get an error message. Bus contentions or collisions may result if shared setup files exists on multiple instruments using one GPIB or bus or one Ethernet subnet. GPIBaddress and ...

The Setup Menu Screen AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-43 During waveform output, you can make changes to an output parameter usingthe shortcut controls: VERTICAL LEVEL/SCALE, VERTICAL OFFSET, andHORIZONTAL SAMPLE RATE/SCALE. Changes you make with the editor during waveform output a...

The Setup Menu Screen 3-44 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual When you load or create a waveform in the waveform memory, output does notstart until you push the RUN button on the front-panel. The RUN LED is on andthe instrument starts sweeping the waveform data in the waveform memory. W...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-45 The Graphical Waveform Editor This section describes the Graphical Waveform editor. The Graphical Waveformeditor lets you create and/or edit an analog waveform. You can choose to displaythe waveform graphically or in table format. Refer to page 3–...

The Graphical Waveform Editor 3-48 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The File Menu The File menu controls loading, saving, and insertion of data from the system,floppy disk, or network files. The following sections describe the File menuoperations. The New Waveform, New Pattern command...

The Graphical Waveform Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-49 Table 3-9: Waveform record length adjustment messages Message Descriptions Leave as it is The data is saved, as it is, without making changes. Append 0 Appends zeroĆlevel data to the end of the record to meet the wave...

The Graphical Waveform Editor 3-50 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The Operation Menu The Operation bottom button provides waveform data edit commands. Thefollowing sections describe each edit command in detail. If you select a command with an ellipsis (...), the instrument displays ...

The Graphical Waveform Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-51 Table 3-10: Standard Function Waveform dialog box parameters Parameter Description Type Specifies the type of standard function waveform to create. You can select Sine, Triangle, Square, Ramp, DC, Gaussian Noise, or R...

The Graphical Waveform Editor 3-52 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The Copy command copies the waveform and marker data located between thecursors and places the copied data in the paste buffer. The overall waveform datarecord length does not change. The Paste (Insert) command insert...

The Graphical Waveform Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-53 3. Push the Marker 1 or Marker 2 side button to select the marker. 4. Push the Set Data side button to toggle between High and Low value. 5. Push the Exec side button to change the marker specified in Step 3 to the va...

The Graphical Waveform Editor 3-54 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 4. Push the Point (or Time) side button. Use the general purpose knob or numeric keys to specify the amount of shift. A positive value shifts data tothe right, and a negative value shifts data to the left. 5. Push the...

The Graphical Waveform Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-55 Do the following steps to vertically scale the waveform data: 1. Move the cursors to specify the edit area to scale. 2. Push Operation (bottom) Vertical Scale... (pop-up) OK (side). 3. Push the Factor side button. Thi...

The Graphical Waveform Editor 3-56 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3. Push the Data, Marker1, or Marker2 side button to specify which data to invert. 4. Push the Exec side button to vertically invert the cursor-to-cursor data you have specified in Step 3. The Clip... command sets the...

The Graphical Waveform Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-57 ÎÎ ÎÎ ÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎ ÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎ ÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Tap Output 1 Cycle Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 3 Figure 3-6: Register value and tap setting example The following steps describe how the instrument generates the output wav...

The Graphical Waveform Editor 3-58 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Figure 3-7: Shift Register Generator dialog box Table 3-11: Shift Register Generator dialog box setting parameters Parameter Description Register Icon The Register Icon displays the current register length and tap pos...

The Graphical Waveform Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-59 You can also use the Maximum Length Setting side button to automaticallyset the tap positions to maximize the length of the random waveform datasequence. 5. Select Data, Marker1, or Marker2 in the Target field to spec...

The Graphical Waveform Editor 3-62 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 8. Push Operation (bottom) Set Pattern... . The Set Pattern dialog box appears, with the pattern field displaying thepattern data from the other editor window. 9. Select Data, Marker1, or Marker2 to specify the target...

The Graphical Waveform Editor 3-66 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Figure 3–9 shows an example of the output of standard and hysteresis compari-son operations. The rectangular wave is the reference waveform, and thetriangular wave is the source waveform. ReferenceĂwaveform SourceĂwav...

The Graphical Waveform Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-67 Compare Dialog Box. The Compare dialog box lets you set the target and source waveform and hysteresis values. Table 3–14 describes the Compare dialog boxparameters. Table 3-14: Compare dialog boxparameters Parameters ...

The Graphical Waveform Editor 3-68 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table 3-15: Convolution dialog boxparameters Parameters Descriptions With Specifies the second waveform for the operation. Treat waveform periodic Specifies whether the waveform must be regarded as periodic during cal...

The Graphical Waveform Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-69 Do the following steps to perform a correlation math operation between twowaveforms: 1. If more than one window is open, select the source waveform as follows: Push Window (bottom) Window1, Window2, or Window3 (side)....

The Graphical Waveform Editor 3-70 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Figure 3-10: Digital Filter dialog box Table 3-17: Digital filter dialog box parameters Parameters Descriptions Type Selects the filter type. You can select LPF (low pass filter), HPF (high pass filter), BPF (band pas...

The Graphical Waveform Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-71 The Re-sampling... command enables you to specify a new clock frequency or anew number of points. It resamples and updates the whole waveform data recordin the active window. ReĆsampling Dialog Box. The current number...

The Graphical Waveform Editor 3-72 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual XY View Dialog Box. Figure 3-11: XY View dialog box Table 3-19: XY View dialog box parameters Parameters Descriptions X Axis Specifies the waveform you want to assign to the X axis. Y Axis Specifies the waveform you w...

The Graphical Waveform Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-73 The Zoom/Pan Menu You can use the Zoom function to expand or shrink the waveform display in aneditor window. The Pan function shows a segment of waveform that lies outsidethe window due to the expansion. When you push...

The Graphical Waveform Editor 3-74 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual If the desired portion of the waveform went outside the window as a result ofzoom, move the waveform by using the Direction side button and the generalpurpose knob. For waveforms with extremely large amplitude or a la...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-77 The Pattern Editor The Pattern Editor lets you create and edit data to output the analog signal.Graphic and tabular are the two display modes. The graphic mode displays thewaveform graphically, while the tabular mode displays the tubular modenumer...

The Pattern Editor 3-78 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Starting the Pattern Editor To start the Pattern Editor, push EDIT (front) Edit (bottom) New Pattern (side). Figure 3–13 shows the Pattern Editor screen elements. All Pattern editorscreen elements are the same as for the Wavefor...

The Pattern Editor 3-80 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The outline for the code conversion procedures is: H Use the data bits you specified with Target as the source data. H Define the code conversion rules in a code conversion table. H A new code conversion table must be created us...

The Pattern Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-81 Table 3-25: Code conversion commands Commands Description Open... Reads an existing code conversion table. Save... Savesa code conversion table that wasnewly created or edited. It issaved in an ASCII file and the cellsare separa...

The Pattern Editor 3-82 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table 3-26: Code conversion parameters (cont.) Parameters Description Past Output The portion in which you view the output data that was output first. You can view up to eight points of the conversion result of the past output. ...

The Pattern Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-83 Follow the steps below to execute code conversion: 1. Push the Save... side button and name the file. 2. Push OK side button. Code conversion is executed with the specified pattern as the source code.The result of code conversio...

The Pattern Editor 3-84 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Selecting Data Bits to Edit Like the waveform editor, the pattern editor executes operation menu commandson the data between the two cursors. You must select which of the 8 data bitsignals to edit. Selected bits (data and marker...

The Pattern Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-85 Do the following to copy data from one bit to another. The following examplecopies Data7 data, consisting of 1000 points, to Data0. 1. Place the left cursor at data point 0, and the right cursor at data point 999. Make the left ...

The Pattern Editor 3-86 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Figure 3-17: Area cursors Creating a Pattern The New Pattern command opens a pattern edit window with the followingdefault values: Data length: 1000 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bit value level: 0 . . . . . . . . . . . ....

The Pattern Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-87 Creating Standard Patterns The counter dialog box lets you specify the type of pattern and the range (scope)of data bits to apply to the pattern. See Figure 3–18. The instrument lets youcreate one of four standard counter patter...

The Pattern Editor 3-88 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 5. Specify bit width in the Data Range From and Data Range To. These two parameters specify the counter bit width and the position in thedata. The markers are also available. 6. Push the OK side button. Importing Data From Files...

The Pattern Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-89 Table 3-28: Set Pattern dialog box parameters Parameters Descriptions Total Points Specifies that the number of points of a pattern defined in the [Pattern] field. This value cannot be modified using numeric buttons. Cursor Posi...

The Pattern Editor 3-90 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual If necessary, you can change the pattern value by moving the cursor with the a or ' button and then using numeric keys and the key. 5. Push the OK side button to generate the Pattern field pattern between the cursors in the area...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-91 Quick Editing Quick edit allows you to modify and output the currently edited waveform (withthe waveform editor) in real time by using the knobs on the front-panel. TheQuick Edit enables you to scale or shift the cursor-to-cursor data on theWavefo...

Quick Editing 3-92 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Figure 3-20: A waveform example under quick editing Quick Edit Mode Using the Quick Edit mode enables the following: Operating four knobs of VERTICAL SCALE, VERTICAL OFFSET,HORIZONTAL SCALE, and HORIZONTAL OFFSET. Setting parameters ...

Quick Editing AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-93 When you cancel the changes and quit the quick editor, the instrument copies thedata in the undo buffer back to the edit buffer (and also to the waveform memoryif the data is being loaded), and then terminate the quick editor. About ...

Quick Editing 3-94 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The cursor-to-cursor data is scaled vertically with the Vertical Origin side menuas the center. You may set a three-digit value (0.1 to 10.0) for the scaling factor.Smoothing should be done for the area you specified with the value s...

Quick Editing AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-95 4. Press the OK EDIT button on the front-panel to execute Quick Edit. . When a waveform is loaded in the waveform memory, the changes made in the Quick editor cannot reflect to the output. To reflect the changes to theoutput, be sure...

Quick Editing 3-96 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Setting Parameters When changes are made to the waveform by turning a knob, the values of theshifted points are calculated by interpolation. You can select either Linear orQuadratic for the interpolating method. Press the Interpolati...

Quick Editing AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-97 Renewing Edit Buffer During execution of Quick Edit, you can combine the four VERTICAL andHORIZONTAL knobs and the general purpose knob for the operation purpose.Each time you operate any of the knobs, the following internal calculat...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-99 The Table Editor Editing in the graphic display lets you see the shape of the waveform you areediting. However, changing data values in the graphical edit mode is a difficulttask. The Table Editor lets you quickly enter or edit data values by usin...

The Table Editor 3-100 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Position in the data record, expressed in point number or time unit. Value ateach point Upper cursor position and data value Marker1 and Marker2 values Lower cursor position and data value Upper cursor is indicated by U and lower...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-103 The Equation Editor The Equation editor is an ASCII text editor that includes menus and commandsfor writing waveform equation files using the Waveform Programming Language(WPL). You can use WPL to generate a waveform from a mathematical function,...

The Equation Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-105 Table 3-30: Equation editor bottom menu Button Description File Provides sideĆmenu commands for closing the editor, saving text to the current file or a new file, and compiling an equation file into a waveform file. Refer to p...

The Equation Editor 3-106 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table 3–31 describes the front-panel buttons, keys and knob to use for enteringand editing text. . It is highly recommended that you install a standard PC-style keyboard if you intend to use the Equation editor. It is much eas...

The Equation Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-107 . You can also use the TOGGLE button to toggle the text selection mode to on and off. Highlight area is the one currently selected. You can cut or copy this area. Figure 3-24: Text selection (example) The Paste command inserts...

The Equation Editor 3-108 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Do the following steps to paste text into the edit area: 1. Move the caret to where you want to insert the paste buffer text. 2. Push the Paste side button. The string in the paste buffer is inserted at the caret position. You...

The Equation Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-109 3. Select the keyword to insert from the pop-up menu. 4. Press the OK side button. The keyword is inserted at the caret position. Compiling Equations The instrument cannot directly output an equation waveform. You must compile...

The Equation Editor 3-110 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Figure 3-25: File list listing two waveforms created Do the following steps to compile an equation from the main EDIT screen: 1. Push the EDIT button once or twice to display the EDIT file listing screen. 2. Select an equation...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-111 The Sequence Editor The Sequence editor is used to create a sequence file. A sequence file is simply alist of waveform file names that the instrument will output. Additional parame-ters like repeat count, event triggering, and conditional jumps a...

The Sequence Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-113 . Infinity setting in Repeat Count and all settings in Wait Trigger, Goto One and Logic Jump are neglected in the subsequence. Table 3-34: Sequence editor bottom menu Button Description File Provides sideĆmenucommands for clos...

The Sequence Editor 3-114 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual H When you set the value in the Repeat Count, the a and ' buttons are assigned to shift the numeric values. To move the cursor horizontally, pushthe TOGGLE or CLEAR MENU on the front-panel. Use the a and ' button to move the c...

The Sequence Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-115 1. Move the cursor to the line you want to copy. 2. Push Line Edit (bottom) Copy Line (side). You can insert the paste buffer contents into the sequence table. Do the followingsteps to paste a line: 1. Move the cursor to the l...

The Sequence Editor 3-116 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual From the file listing, select the file to output. 4. Push the OK side button. The instrument inserts the file name into the sequence table. To delete a specified waveform file, move the cursor to the desired file. Thenpush Dat...

The Sequence Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-121 2 1 0 Two internal clock cycles The instrument reads this state in an unstable transition period. This maycause an erroneous action. 3 0 The instrument reads this state after the transition has completed. 3 2 1 STROBE Strobe O...

The Sequence Editor AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-123 BK1.WFM Repeat 6 BK7.WFM Repeat 2 BK5.WFM Repeat 3 S S S BK7.WFM Repeat 2 BK5.WFM Repeat 3 BK2.WFM Repeat 1 BK+7.WFM Repeat 2 BK5.WFM Repeat 3 S S S BK7.WFM Repeat 2 BK5.WFM Repeat 3 BK3.PAT Repeat 4 BK7.WFM Repeat 2 BK5.WFM R...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-125 The APPL Menu The following applications are in the APPL menu: Disk application Network application Jitter composer These applications are used like an editor to generate a waveform for specificpurposes. Disk Application Using this application, y...

The APPL Window 3-126 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 1. Select APPL (front-panel) Application (bottom) Disk (side) to display the Disk Application screen. See Figure 3–31. Figure 3-31: Disk application initial screen 2. Select Write Data (bottom) Read from File... (side) or Pre-defi...

The APPL Window AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-127 4. Press Isolated Pulse bottom button, and select an isolated pulse from the side menu. Figure 3-33: Isolated Pulse menu 5. Set the parameters displayed on the menu screen. 6. Select Superpose (bottom) Execute (side) to execute su...

The APPL Window 3-130 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Two parameters are important to create an isolated pulse. Number of points for 1 bit Samples/Cell parameter is displayed on the Disk application screen. Thisrepresents the number of points for one bit of disk waveform. Isolated pu...

The APPL Window 3-132 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The superpose parameters are used to define an isolated pulse waveform and aquantity for shift. Table 3–37 lists the superpose parameters. Table 3-37: Superpose parameters Parameters Descriptions Samples/Cell Specifies the number ...

The APPL Window AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-133 The magnetic disk reading waveform is generated based on the input data,isolated pulse, and superpose parameters. To generate a waveform, selectSuperpose (bottom) Execute (side). The square pattern with the period of one cell is s...

The APPL Window 3-134 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Network Application This application creates a network test signal to analyze the various standardnetwork signals. The signals are created using the following process: Input binary bit pattern expressed by 0 and 1. Convert the inp...

The APPL Window 3-136 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Figure 3-38: Side menu for selecting the Isolated pulse 5. Press Read from File... side button . The side menu will change. 6. Select a waveform file from the file list as a iaolated pulse. 7. Samples/Bit side button will be enabl...

The APPL Window 3-138 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table 3-38: PreĆdefined patterns Pattern items Descriptions PN9 9Ćbits MĆseries pseudo random pulse PN15 15Ćbits MĆseries pseudo random pulse 0000111110010010001000100001000010000010000010000000100000001111100000 Line code convers...

The APPL Window AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-141 Jitter Composer Application This application creates signals with jitter and Spread Spectrum Clock (SSC)relative to bit-pattern. Signals are created using the following process: Input binary bit pattern expressed by 0 and 1. Creat...

The APPL Window 3-142 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 1. Select APPL (front–panel) Application (bottom) Jitter Composer (side) to display the Jitter Composer. See Figure 3–43. Figure 3-41: Jitter composer application initial screen Specify input data. Load waveform/pattern files or u...

The APPL Window 3-146 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The following parameters are provided to be specified when you generate a jitterwaveform. Some parameters such as Clock and Jitter Frequency, are uniquely defined byother parameters, and only displayed on the screen. You can not a...

The APPL Window AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-147 f 1 f 2 f 3 f 4 f 5 f 6 f 7 f 8 f 9 f 10 f 11 f 12 f 13 f 14 f 15 f 16 f 17 f 18 f 19 f 20 t f center 1/f 1 1/f 2 1/f 3 1/f 4 1/f 5 1/f 6 1/f 7 1/f 8 1/f 9 1/f 10 1/f 11 1/f 12 1/f 13 1/f 14 1/f 15 1/f 16 1/f 17 1/f 18 1/f 19 1/f ...

The APPL Window 3-148 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The jitter waveform is generated based on the input data and jitter parametersdescribed above. To generate a waveform, select Compose (bottom) Execute (side). The clock whose frequency is the same as the Bit Rate is set in Marker ...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-149 The UTILITY Window This section describes the utility settings that can be made to the AWG610Arbitrary Waveform Generator. H Using external keyboards H Setting general purpose knob direction H Formatting floppy disk H Displaying disk usage H Disp...

The UTILITY Window 3-150 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual You can use the PC keyboard for menu operations rather than using theinstrument front panel keys or buttons. Use the keyboard to input the file name,directory name, and text in the Text/Equation editors. The PC keyboard charact...

The UTILITY Window AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-151 Formatting a Floppy Disk The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator provides the function to format a2HD 1.44 MB floppy disk into MS-DOS format. Note that you cannot define adisk label for the floppy disk. . Formatting a floppy di...

The UTILITY Window 3-152 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Displaying Instrument Status Do the following steps to display the instrument software version and status ofthe SCPI registers. 1. Push UTILITY (front-panel) Status (bottom) System (side) to display the instrument software vers...

The UTILITY Window AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-153 Secure is a function that removes the settings and all data files stored in theinstrument hard disk. This is sometimes useful when you are storing data that isconfidential and when you must transport the instrument for servicin...

The UTILITY Window 3-154 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The GPIB address defines a unique address for the AWG610 Arbitrary Wave-form Generator. Each device connected to the GPIB bus must have a uniqueGPIB address. The GPIB address must be from 0 to 30. Do the following steps to set ...

The UTILITY Window AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-155 Ethernet Networking The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator can be connected to a network toaccess hard disk file systems in the remote computers that use Network FileSystem (NFS) protocol. You can also log into the AWG610 Arbi...

The UTILITY Window 3-156 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual You can connect the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator to a 10 BASE-TEthernet network. To mount a remote file system or to control the instrumentfrom an external computer, you must set the following parameters in theinstrument...

The UTILITY Window AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-157 b. Select Network. This parameter must be set when you control the instrument throughEthernet. Otherwise, you can skip this step and go to step 3. 3. Set the following network parameters in the screen menu: a. Set an IP address...

The UTILITY Window 3-158 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The ping command sends a packet to the remote computer specified by theIP address. When the computer receives the packet, it sends the packet backto the sender (your AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator). When the AWG610 Arbitra...

The UTILITY Window AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-159 Figure 3–51 shows the screen menu in which you can set the parameters tomount a remote file system on the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator,using the NFS protocol. Refer to the documentation about the NFS, for thedetails on t...

The UTILITY Window AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-161 Set the FTP Server to enable you to enter into the hard disk or floppy disk filesystem of the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator from a remote computer. Type the following command on your computer keyboard: ftp <IP address&...

The UTILITY Window 3-162 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table 3-44: Available FTP commands (cont.) Commands Descriptions put xxxx [remoteĆfile] Transfers the file xxxx in your local computer and stores it in the instrument file. The same xxxx name is used for a instrument file if th...

The UTILITY Window AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-163 Hardcopy setup parameters Figure 3-53: Hardcopy setup screen 2. Select Hard Copy Format using the y or b button. 3. Select either TIFF or BMP using the general purpose knob or the a or ' button. 4. Select the Hard Copy Drive wh...

The UTILITY Window 3-164 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Figure 3-54: Hardcopycomplete message box 3. Push the OK side button. Use the EDIT menu to rename a created file or move it to another directory. If you use the HARDCOPY button to produce a hardcopy file, a file name suchas TEK...

The UTILITY Window 3-166 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Do the following steps to execute the calibration: 1. Push the RUN button to turn the output off if a waveform is being output. The RUN LED is off. 2. Push UTILITY (front-panel) Diag (bottom) Execute Calibration (side). The int...

The UTILITY Window AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-167 The manual diagnostics routines can execute a full set of hardware tests for allthe test categories or only for the specified category except for the DAC. You canalso specify a test cycle of 1 to infinite times. Do the followin...

The UTILITY Window AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-169 Upgrading the System Software The system software in the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator can beupdated by using the utility menu. The System software consists of both the userprogram and the operating system. The upgrades c...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-171 Capturing Waveforms This section explains how to transfer waveforms from the instruments to theAWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator using the GPIB interfaces. The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator captures the waveform dataacquired in oscillosco...

Capturing Waveforms 3-172 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Procedures for Capturing Waveforms Do the following steps to capture a waveform: 1. Set the GPIB parameters in the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator. The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator must be set to the controller.Refe...

Capturing Waveforms AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-173 The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator starts transferring the waveformfrom the selected source instrument. The file transferred to the AWG610Arbitrary Waveform Generator is automatically converted and saved in the filespecif...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-175 Waveform Programming Language This section describes the Waveform Programming Language (WPL) syntax,rules, and command descriptions. There are also a number of programmingexamples at the end of this section. Command Syntax This manual uses the Ba...

Waveform Programming Language 3-176 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual UserĆDefined Variables All user-defined variable names must satisfy the following requirements: The first character must be an alphabetical character. The rest of the name must consist of an alphabetical character(s)...

Waveform Programming Language AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-177 Waveform Files Some commands accept a waveform file name enclosed in double quotes. Forexample: ”sinewave.wfm” . Observe the following rules when using waveformexpressions in equations: A quoted string can include an...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-179 Command Descriptions The WPL commands are listed in alphabetical order. Mathematical functions andoperators are described under the headings Math Functions on page 3–190 andMath Operators on page 3–192. Bpf( ) The bpf() statement creates a new wa...

Command Descriptions 3-186 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual start_point is the location of the first data point to extract from the input file.This is an integer value. The starting point value must be less than or equal to theending point value or an error occurs during compilation. ...

Command Descriptions 3-190 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual ”output_filename” is the complete file name (file name and extension) to containthe filtered waveform data. The argument can include a relative or absolute pathname. Enclose the file name within double quotation marks. ”filen...

Command Descriptions 3-192 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Math Operators Table 3–48 lists the programming language math operators that you can use aspart of waveform equation expressions. Table 3-48: Math operators Operators Description Unary Arithmetic Operations - Inverts the sign...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-197 Programming Examples The following eight equation programming examples are described below. Examples Key points to be learned Example 1 Describes how to create waveform file, and how to read and write waveform files.Example 2 Describes how to use...

Programming Examples 3-198 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual When you perform the operation between the waveforms which have a differentpoint size, the lowest point size among them is used. Therefore the c.wfm willhave the point size of 1500. Figure 3–59 shows the waveforms to be gener...

Programming Examples AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-199 Figure 3-60: Waveform generated bythe Example 2 equation The following example creates one sequence file and four waveforms. delete(”test.seq”) size=512clock=1e9num=4 ’write sequence file header write(”test.seq”,”3002\n”)writ...

Programming Examples AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-201 Figure 3-62: Sequence generated by the Example 3 equation . The equation/text editor has a viewer that displays the waveforms after the compile has been performed. However, this viewer cannot display thesequence. Use the sequ...

Programming Examples 3-202 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Likewise, the marker2 signal is 1 if the waveform data is less than or equal to–0.5, and 0 for all other values. The MOD02.WFM signal is 0.5 if the marker1 signal of the MOD01.WFM isequal to the marker2 signal, otherwise the ...

Programming Examples AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-203 NOISE.WFM N1.WFM (after LPF) N2.WFM (after HPF) N3.WFM (after BPF) N3.WFM (after BRF) Figure 3-64: Noise waveforms after filtering The following example shows a code conversion. In this example, two kinds ofdata are created w...

Programming Examples 3-204 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The waveforms generated by the previous equation file are composed of 0 and 1.It is convenient to use the waveform editor in table mode to look at the results.Refer to Code Conversion on page F–7 for the input patterns, outpu...

Programming Examples AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-205 The following text describes what happens in this example: 1. The noise() function generates a noise waveform into the file NOISE.WFM, in which the waveform data are normalized using the norm() function. 2. The extract() func...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-209 File Conversion The Waveform Generator has the ability to import and export various formats ofwaveform data. Import converts waveform files created with other instrumentsinto files the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator can use. Export convertsA...

File Conversion 3-212 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Figure 3-67: Screen and side menu buttons for importing and exporting 2. Select the file you want to convert from the file listing on the screen. 3. Push Tools (bottom) Convert File Format... (side). A dialog box appears that lets...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-213 File Management This section describes the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator filemanagement commands and conventions. Command Summary Table 3–50 lists the available file management commands. Table 3-50: File utility commands Commands Descriptio...

File Management 3-214 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table 3-51: Special symbols used for expressing file path Symbols Descriptions . Represents current directory .. Represents higher level directory / Represents top level directory (root directory) or delimiter. If the slash appear...

File Management AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-215 3. Push the Directory bottom button. Push the Up Level side button to move a directory up by one level. To move a directory down by one level, select the directory from the filelisting on the screen, and then push the Down Level s...

File Management 3-216 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Delete removes the selected file. Delete All removes all files and emptiesdirectories contained in the current directory. These commands do not delete anydirectories that contain files. When you delete files or directories, the in...

File Management 3-218 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table 3-52: File operation in double windows Operation Description Copy Copies a file from a selected file list window into the destination specified in the other file list window. You cannot select the directory. Copy All Copies ...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-221 FG Mode The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator provides the Function Generator(FG) mode to output standard function waveform. This section describes the FGmode. FG mode Signals are created and output using the following process: Select the wavef...

FG Mode 3-222 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Change the generator mode The instrument initializes in the AWG mode when powered on. Do the following to change the generator mode from AWG to FG : 1. Push SETUP (front-panel) Waveform/Sequence (bottom) Ez FG... (side) button. The instru...

FG Mode AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-223 Select the Waveform type You can select Sine, Triangle, Square, Ramp, Pulse and DC waveform. 1. Push Sine, Triangle, Square, Ramp, Pulse or DC (bottom) button to select the desired waveform type. Sine Triangle Square Ramp Pulse DC Figure ...

FG Mode 3-224 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The output parameter menu selections are the same for each waveform exceptPulse and DC. Pulse has one extra side menu item (Duty), and DC has only oneside menu item (Offset). Output parameters Figure 3-75: Output parameters Frequency The ...

FG Mode 3-226 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Marker1 and Marker2 signals are generated and output from MARKER OUT1,MARKER OUT1, MARKER OUT2 and MARKER OUT2 connectors. Thewaveform marker signal has the same form as a pulse waveform. The level andwidth of the markers are fixed and ca...

FG Mode AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-227 While operating in FG mode, the output frequency determines the number ofdata points used to generate the waveform data and the marker data for oneperiod. The resolution of Pulse Duty cycle ratio and the width of Marker positioncorrespond...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual A-1 Appendix A: Specifications This section contains theAWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator specifications.All specifications are guaranteed unless labeled “typical”. Typical specificationsare provided for your convenience but are not guaranteed. Speci...

Appendix A: Specifications A-2 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Electrical Specification Table A-1: Operation modes Characteristics Description Continuous Waveform is continuously output in this mode. When a sequence is defined, waveforms are sequentially or repeatedly output in the o...

Appendix A: Specifications AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual A-7 Table A-8: Funcion GeneratorĂ(FG) Characteristics Description Operation Mode Continuous mode only Waveform Shape Sine, Triangle, Square, Ramp, Pulse, DC Frequency 1.000 Hz to 260.0 MHz Amplitude Range 0.020 V pĆp to 2.000...

Appendix A: Specifications AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual A-13 Certification and Compliances The certification and compliances for the AWG610 Arbitrary WaveformGenerator are listed in Table A–19. Table A-19: Certifications and compliances EC declaration of conformity EC Council EMC ...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-1 Appendix B: Performance Verification Two types of Performance Verification procedures can be performed on thisproduct: Self Tests and Performance Tests. You may not need to perform all ofthese procedures, depending on what you want to accomplish. V...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Instructions for menu selection use the following format: front-panelBUTTON Main Menu Button Side Menu Button. For example, Push UTILITY System Reset to Factory OK The name of the button or knob appears in boldface ...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-3 Self Tests The Self Tests use internal routines to confirm basic functionality and properadjustment. No test equipment is required to do these test procedures. The self tests include internal diagnostics to veri...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-4 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Figure B-1: Diagnostic menu Do the following to execute all of the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generatordiagnostics automatically: Push the Execute Diagnostic side button. The internal diagnostics do an extensive ...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-5 Equipment required None Prerequisites Power on the instrument and allow a 20 minute warmup period at an ambient temperature between +20 _ C and +30 _ C before doing this procedure. Confirm that there is no outpu...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-7 Performance Tests This section contains a collection of procedures for checking that the AWG610Arbitrary Waveform Generator performs as warranted. The procedures are arranged in thirteen logical groupings, prese...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-8 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The tests in this section comprise an extensive, valid confirmation of perfor-mance and functionality when the following requirements are met: H The cabinet must be installed on the instrument. H You must have p...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-10 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The following steps explain how to load files from the Performance Check/Ad-justment disk into waveform memory and/or sequence memory. 1. Insert the disk into the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator floppy disk...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-11 . The floppy disk file list displayed on the screen does not automatically update when you replace the diskette with another diskette. To update the filelist, reselect the floppy disk drive. Table B–3 lists the...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-17 Operating Mode Tests The following procedures verify the operation of the Cont, Triggered and Gatedmodes. . When you output signal from the CH1 or CH1 OUTPUT, check that the other OUTPUT ( CH1 or CH1 ) LED is o...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-18 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Trigger Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH1Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DCSlope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PositiveLevel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-19 BNC T Adapter AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator rear panel Output CH2 input CH1 input CH1 output OscilloscopeĂ(TDS700) SMA(Fe)ĆBNC(Ma) adapter 50 W SMAĂcoaxial cable 50 W BNCĂcoaxial cable 50 W BNCĂcoaxial ca...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-21 Waveform output CH1 Trigger signal CH2 Figure B-7: Relationship between trigger signal and waveform output Equipment required Two 50Ă W BNCĂcoaxial cables, aĂ50Ă W SMAĂcoaxial cable, ĂaĂSMA(Fe)ĆBNC(Ma)Ăadapter,...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-23 Waveform output Gate signal CH2 CH1 Figure B-8: Relationship between gate signal and waveform output d. Push SETUP (front-panel) Trigger (bottom) Negative (side). This changes the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Gene...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-24 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Amplitude and Offset Accuracy Tests (Normal Out) These procedures check the accuracy of the amplitude and offset outputs of theAWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator. . The amplitude and offset accuracy checks are...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-25 ÁÁ ÁÁ DMM 50 W BNCĂcoaxialcable InputĂconnector +ĂBNCĆtoĆdualbanana adapter +Ă50 W BNCĂcoaxialĂcable AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator CH1ĂoutputĂconnector +ĂSMA(Ma)ĆBNC(Fe) adapter +ĂBNC 50 W Ăprecision term...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-27 d. Write the DMM reading as a negative voltage. e. Check that the positive minus negative voltages fall within 2 V ± 0.032 V. 9. Do the following substeps to change the connection to check the CH1: a. Push the ...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-29 Amplitude, Offset Accuracy and Rise Time Tests (Direct DA Out) These procedures check the accuracy of the AWG610 Arbitrary WaveformGenerator direct waveform outputs; amplitude and offset. Equipment required A 5...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-31 11. Follow the substeps below to check the DC offset: a. Push the FORCE EVENT button.b. Check that the reading from the oscilloscope display is about 0 V ± 10 mV. 12. Do the following substeps to change the con...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2. Set the oscilloscope controls as follows: Vertical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH1 CH1 coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DC if applicableCH1 scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual c. Connect the cable to the CH1 output connector. d. Push the CH1 output button to turn on the CH1 LED. 9. Repeat step 7 to verify the rise time for the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator CH1. 10. Push the CH1 outp...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-34 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Pulse Response Tests This procedure checks the pulse response characteristics of the AWG610Arbitrary Waveform Generator output waveforms at amplitudes of 1 V. Equipment required A 50Ă W SMAĂcoaxial cable and an...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-36 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Sine Wave Tests This procedure checks the sine wave characteristics of the AWG610 ArbitraryWaveform Generator output waveforms. Equipment required A 50Ă W SMAĂcoaxial cable, a DC block, aĂBNC(Fe)ĆN(Ma)Ăadapter,...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-38 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Internal Trigger Tests These procedures check internal trigger function of the AWG610 ArbitraryWaveform Generator. . When you output signal from the CH1 or CH1 OUTPUT, check that the other OUTPUT ( CH1 or CH1 )...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-40 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Trigger Input Tests These procedures check the trigger level accuracy of the AWG610 ArbitraryWaveform Generator. Equipment required Two 50Ă W BNCĂcoaxial cables, aĂ50Ă W SMAĂcoaxial cable, ĂaĂSMA(Fe)ĆBNC(Ma)Ăad...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3. Set the oscilloscope controls as follows: Push the Default Setup (front). Verti cal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH1 and CH2 CH1 coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DCCH1 scale . . . . ....

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-42 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Verify that the CH1 OUTPUT is off.If the CH1 LED is on, push CH1 OUTPUT (front-panel) to turn theLED off. 7. Set the trigger level to 5 V by following the substeps below: a. Set the trigger level. Push SETUP (f...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-43 Trigger Signal CH2 (5.35 V level) CH1 Figure B-17: Trigger Signal (+5V check2) 8. Verify the Trigger level accuracy at –5V by following the substeps below: a. Set the trigger level of AWG610. Push Level (side)....

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-44 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual d. Push Cursor, % , & , , keys as the low level of a pulse to be set to –5.35V. e. Verify that a sine wave is displayed on the oscilloscope. Trigger Signal CH2 (-5.35 V level) CH1 Figure B-19: Trigger Signa...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-45 Event Input and Enhanced Mode Tests These procedures check the event input signals and enhanced mode operation. . The event input check with strobe off and the strobe input check are structured as a continuous ...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Horizontal Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 m s/div Trigger Sou rce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH1Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DCSlope . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-47 Figure B-21: Waveform while all ground disclosure switches are open b. Close the SW1 of the ground closure to generate an event signal on the EVENT IN connector pin 0. c. Verify that the oscilloscope displays t...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-48 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 8. Check the EVENT IN connector pin 1 input by following the substeps below: a. Close SW2 of the ground closure to generate an event signal on the EVENT IN connector pin 1. b. Verify that the oscilloscope displ...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-49 Figure B-24: Waveform output when the SW3 is closed c. Open SW3 of the ground closure to degenerate the event signal. d. Verify that the oscilloscope displays the waveform in Figure B–21. 10. Check the EVENT IN...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-50 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual c. Open SW4 of the ground closure to degenerate the event signal. d. Verify that the oscilloscope displays the waveform in Figure B–21. 11. Retain the test hookup and control settings. Use the test hookup and o...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-51 b. Close SW5 of the ground closure to generate an event signal on the EVENT IN connector strobe pin. c. Verify that the oscilloscope displays the DC waveform as shown inFigure B–27. Figure B-27: DC waveform out...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-52 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 1/4 Clock FrequencyĂandĂ10 MHz Reference Input Tests These procedures check the 10 MHz reference input function of the AWG610Arbitrary Waveform Generator. Equipment required Two 50Ă W BNCĂcoaxial cables, a freq...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-54 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 1/4 Clock Output ĂLevelĂTests These procedures check the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator clockoutput signal. Equipment required A 50Ă W BNC coaxial cable and an oscilloscope. Prerequisites The AWG610 Arbitr...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-56 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 10 MHz Reference Output LevelĂTests These procedures check the AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator clockoutput signal. Equipment required A 50Ă W BNC coaxial cable and an oscilloscope. Prerequisites The instrum...

Appendix B: Performance Verification B-58 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Marker Output Tests These procedures check the accuracy of the AWG610 Arbitrary WaveformGenerator marker output level. Equipment required A 50Ă W SMA coaxial cable, anĂSMA(Fe)ĆBNC(Ma) adaptĆ er,ĂaĂ50Ă WĂ SMAĂte...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Horizontal Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 m s/div Trigger Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH1Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ACSlope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual f. Verify that the reading for the high level on the oscilloscope screen iswithin the range between 2.75 V and 3.25 V. 9. Do the following substeps to change the connection to the MARKER1 output: a. Disconnect the 5...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-61 Marker DelayTests These procedures check the marker delay function of the AWG610 ArbitraryWaveform Generator. Equipment required Two 50Ă W SMA coaxial cables, twoĂSMA(Fe)ĆBNC(Ma) adapters, two Ă50Ă W SMA termin...

Appendix B: Performance Verification AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 8. Change the oscilloscope trigger source from CH2 to CH1. Trigger Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH1 9. Verify that the Marker2 delay function is operating correctly: a. Push the Marker2 Delay sid...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual C-1 Appendix C: Inspection and Cleaning Inspect and clean the instrument as often as operating conditions require. Thecollection of dirt can cause instrument overheating and breakdown. Dirt acts asan insulating blanket, preventing efficient heat dissip...

Appendix C: Inspection and Cleaning C-2 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual To avoid injury or death, unplug the power cord from line voltage before cleaning the instrument. To avoid getting moisture inside the instrumentduring external cleaning, use only enough liquid to dampen the clot...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual D-1 Appendix D: Sample Waveforms The files listed below are included in the route directory of the sample waveformlibrary disk (063-2983-XX) that comes with the instrument. There are 22 waveform and equation files. If a waveform file (with the extensio...

Appendix D: Sample Waveforms D-2 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Waveform File Descriptions This subsection describes the 22 representative waveform files. Some of thewaveform files were obtained by creating an equation file in the equation editorand then compiling it to create a wav...

Appendix D: Sample Waveforms D-6 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table D-8: Linear frequency sweep File name LIN_SWP.WFM Made with equation editor Equation clock = 1e9 size = 8000k0 = 8e-6 'sweep period k1 = 1e6 'start frequency k2 = 10e6 'end frequency lin_swp.wfm" = sin(2 * pi...

Appendix D: Sample Waveforms D-10 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table D-17: Isolated pulse for disk application File name E2PR4.EQU Made with equation editor Equation 'E2PR4ĂPulse spcellĂ=Ă10 'Samples/Cell cperiodĂ=Ă10e-9 'CellĂPeriodĂ[sec] ncellsĂ=Ă20 'NumberĂofĂCells clockĂ=Ăspce...

Appendix D: Sample Waveforms AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual D-11 Table D-19: Isolated pulse for network application File name DS1.WFM Made with waveform editor Descriptions This is the isolated pulse for the T1.102 DS1. The number of waveform points is 64. Settings Table D-20: Isola...

Appendix D: Sample Waveforms D-12 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table D-22: Isolated pulse for network application File name DS3.WFM Made with waveform editor Descriptions This is the isolated pulse for the T1.102 DS3. The number of waveform points is 336. Settings Table D-23: Isol...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual E-1 Appendix E: File Transfer Interface Outline The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator provides the following interfacesfor file transfer: GPIB Floppy disk (FD) Ftp NFS (Network File System) FD PC Waveform Memory Output PC Workstation etc. Floppy Disk...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual F-1 Appendix F: Miscellaneous This appendix covers the following items. Sampling theorem Differentiation Integration Convolution Correlation Code Conversion Sampling Theorem When the signal is continuous and the highest frequency component of the signa...

Appendix F: Miscellaneous AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual F-3 Integration The integ() function integrates numerically based on a trapezoidal formula. Thetrapezoidal formula is expressed with the following equation: ŕ ( ) + ȍ + 1 ( 1 ) ) ( ) 2 @ D + D 2 { ( 1 ) ) 2 ( 2 ) ) 2 ( 3 ) ) A...

Appendix F: Miscellaneous F-4 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Convolution The operation expressed by the following equation is called convolution. Withrespect to a discrete system, convolution y(n) of a certain waveform x(n) and asecond one h(i) is expressed by the following equation...

Appendix F: Miscellaneous AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual F-5 Correlation The operation expressed by the following equation is called correlation. Withrespect to a discrete system, correlation y(n) of a certain waveform x(n) and asecond one h(i) is expressed by the following equation...

Appendix F: Miscellaneous F-8 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Examples The following examples show data bits to be written. Input and output data bitpattern example follows each table. Inverting bit of the NRZ data. Past Current Next P.OUT Output code 0 1 1 0 Example Input 0 1 0 0 1 ...

Appendix F: Miscellaneous AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual F-9 Converting NRZ data to NRZI. Two bits are generated for each input bit. Past Current Next P. OUT Output code 1 0 01 1 1 10 0 0 00 0 1 11 Example Input 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Output 00 01 11 11 10 01 11 11 11 Converting NRZ data...

Appendix F: Miscellaneous F-10 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Example Input 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Output 01 10 01 01 10 10 01 01 01 Converting NRZ data to RZ. Two bits are generated for each input bit. Past Current Next P. OUT Output code 0 00 1 10 Example Input 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Output...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual G-1 Appendix G: Sequence File Text Format The sequence file saved by the sequence editor is an ASCII text file having theformat described below. You can create a sequence file on a PC or othercomputer with an ASCII text editor. MAGIC 3002LINES <numb...

Appendix G: Sequence File Text Format G-2 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual For example, ”SINE.WFM”, ”TRIANGLE.WFM”, ... ”GAUSSN.WFM”, ””, ... ””, ”TRIALGLE.WFM”, ... When you do not define a file, NULL string (””) must be placed. Repeat Count. The <F3> is Repeat Count field. <...

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Index-1 Index Numbers 1/4 Clock frequency tests, performance verification: B–52 1/4 Clock output tests, performance verification: B–5410 MHz REF OUT tests, performance verification: B–56 10 MHz reference input tests, performance verification: B–52 A ab...