Chapter 3
Generating Arbitrary Waveforms with the
HP E1340A
Chapter Contents
This chapter shows how to generate arbitrary waveforms using the
HP E1340A 12-Bit Arbitrary Function Generator (called the “ AFG” ).
The following sections show how to generate arbitrary waveforms. Also
included are example programs that generate various arbitrary waveforms.
The sections are as follows:
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Arbitrary Waveforms Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 55
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Generating a Simple Arbitrary Waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 59
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Executing Several Waveform Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 65
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Arbitrary Waveform Hopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 69
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Generating Built-In Arbitrary Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 73
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Sample Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 76
Generating a Damped Sine Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 76
Generating an Exponential Charge/Discharge
Waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 78
Generating a Sine Wave with Spikes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 79
Generating a Half-Rectified Sine Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 80
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Program Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 82
Arbitrary Waveforms Flowchart
The flowchart on page 58 shows the commands and the command execution
order to generate standard waveforms. The reset (power-on) values of each
command are also noted on the flowchart. Note that the IEEE 488.2
*RST
command places the AFG into its power-on state. Thus, it may be
unnecessary to execute all of the commands on the flowchart.
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