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Section 5: How to Generate Basic Pulses Model 4200-SCS User’s Manual
• Trigger Source - Software , External , or Internal Bus . With External enabled,
select the trigger source: Initial Falling , Initial Rising , Per Pulse Falling , or Per
Pulse Rising .
• Output Mode - Select the output trigger mode: Continuous Mode or Burst Mode .
6) Configure the Channel 1 Settings and/or Channel 2 Settings . the Pulse Count field is
active if the Burst Mode is the selected trigger mode.
Note: To configure other installed pulse cards for Custom File Arb, repeat Steps 1
through 6.
7) Turn on all enabled channels - Click the green triangle to turn on enabled channels for
all installed pulse cards in the Model 4200-SCS. With the output on, the square box will
turn red. Clicking the red box turns off the outputs of all pulse cards
Waveform types
KPulse provides the following fundamental waveform types to use as the building blocks for
custom file arb:
• Sine waveform
• Square waveform
• Triangle waveform
• Custom waveform
• Calculation waveform
• Noise waveform
• Gaussian waveform
• Ramp waveform
• Sequences waveform
As explained in Figure 5-7 , a waveform is created using the Waveform Generator. After selecting
and configuring one of the above waveform types, the waveform is placed into the Scratch Pad.
NOTE
The period for the waveforms is determined by the Time Per Point setting in the Arb
Generator tab (step 4 in Figure 5-8 ).
Sine waveform
An example of a Sine waveform, using the default settings, is shown in Figure 5-10 . The waveform
for this example is named SINE1, but can be any name that is not already used in the Scratch
Pad.
After changing one or more settings, click Preview to display the waveform. Clicking Ok places
the waveform in the Scratch Pad.