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Instrument Memory & Volatility
MXG (Series B) & EXG Memory
4. Front Panel
Memory
(SRAM)
2 KByte
Yes No Front panel operating
memory
Front panel
firmware
Front Panel
board
Volatile
memory.
Turn off
instrument
power.
5. Front Panel
Memory
(EEPROM)
256 Byte
No Yes Unused None Front Panel
board
None
required
6. SD Card (Option
006)
(Flash)
8 GByte
Yes Yes Optional storage of
User data
User-saved
data
Removable
card may
be retained
in Secure
Area
None
required
a. Analog instruments only
Table 5-2 Vector Models with Baseband Generator
Memory
Component,
Type and Size
W
ritable During
Normal Operation? Data Retained
When
Powered Off?
Purpose/Contents Data Input
Method
Location in
Instrument
and Remarks
Sanitization
Procedure
1. Waveform
Memory
(DRAM)
1 GByte
Yes No Waveforms (including
header and marker
data)
Normal user
operation
Volatile
memory.
Not battery
backed.
Turn off
instrument
power.
Table 5-1 Base Instrument (All models and options)
Memory
Component, Type
and Size
W
rit
able During
Normal Operatio
n?
Data Retained
When
Powered Off?
Purpose/Contents Data Input
Method
Location in
Instrument
and
Remarks
Sanitization
Procedure