[SOURce:]FREQuency
The
[SOURce:]FREQuency
subsystem controls the HP E1340A’s frequency
generator.
The generator uses a direct digital synthesis (NCO) technique to generate
the specified frequencies. It has an upper frequency limit of the reference
oscillator frequency multiplied by .468749999767 and has a resolution of
.01 Hz when used with the built-in 42.94 MHz reference oscillator.
Coupling Rules
The swept commands
STARt
,
STOP
,
CENTer
, and
SPAN
are coupled
commands. When sending these commands, the following rules apply:
•
If either
STARt
or
STOP
is sent singly, the value of the other is
preserved, but the
CENTer
and
SPAN
values will change according
to the following equations:
CENTer= (STARt + STOP)/2
SPAN = STOP - STARt
•
If either
CENTer
or
SPAN
is sent singly, the value of the other is
preserved, but the
STARt
and
STOP
values will change according to
the following equations:
STARt = CENTer - (SPAN/2)
STOP = (SPAN/2)
•
If any two commands are sent as part of a frequency-coupled group
within a single program message, then these two will be set as
specified, and the other two will change. If more than two are sent in
the group, the sweep will be determined by the last two received.
When
MINimum
and
MAXimum
are used with these commands, the values
that will be set are the minimum and maximum values that will not cause
any of the
STARt
,
STOP
,
CENTer
, and
SPAN
values to go beyond the
minimum and maximum possible frequencies, given the coupling equations
above. For example, if
SPAN
is currently set to 1 MHz,
FREQuency:CENTer MINimum
would set 500 kHz. An exception to this
rule exists, however: since the minimum
SPAN
is .01 Hz per sweep point
(assuming the internal reference oscillator), a command string such as
FREQuency:CENTer 0;SPAN MINimum
has no valid value for
SPAN
, and
will attempt to set the
STARt
frequency to a negative value. Similarly,
FREQuency:STARt 15e6;STOP MINimum
will attempt to set
STOP
to
value greater than 15 MHz.
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