GPIB
Programming
Basics
Using
the
Data
The
8510C
outputs
data
in
t
w
o
basic
formats:
F
ORM1
format
Real/imaginary
format
Use
the
following
information
to
pro cess
the
data
in
to
usable
formats.
Preprocessing
F
ORM1
Data
Example
7
con
v
erts
F
ORM1
data
in
to
to
real/imaginary
pairs,
whic
h
are
then
con
v
erted
in
to
linear
magnitude,
log
magnitude,
and
phase
data.
Using
Real/Imaginary
Format
for
V
ector
Math
Real
and
imaginary
data
in
its
existing
form
is
useful
for
v
ector
math.
Once
y
ou
ha
v
e
done
an
y
mathematical
pro cessing
of
the
data,
y
ou
can
con
v
ert
it
in
to
magnitude
and
phase
information
as
explained
b elow.
Conv
erting
Real/Imaginary
Data
to
Magnitude
and
Phase
Data
As
explained
earlier
in
this
c
hapter,
data
is
often
in
real/imaginary
data
pairs.
Y
ou
can
p erform
v
ector
math
on
this
data
directly
,
or
y
ou
can
con
v
ert
it
in
to
magnitude
and
phase
information
(refer
to
lines
71
through
81
in
\An
Example
of
a
Data
T
ransfer").
GPIB
Programming
13-13
Summary of Contents for 8510C
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