Quick Results Guide
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Programming examples
Source-measure example
— Table 9 shows a typical command sequence to source 10V
and measure current on the 10mA range.
Measure-only example
— Table 10 shows a typical command sequence to measure
current only.
Table 9
Command sequence for source-measure example
Command*
Comments
*RST
Restore GPIB defaults (one-shot source-measure mode).
:SOUR:FUNC VOLT
Select voltage source function.
:SOUR:VOLT:MODE FIX
Select fixed voltage source mode.
:SOUR:VOLT:RANG 20
Select 20V source range.
:SOUR:VOLT:LEV 10
Set source output level to 10V.
:SENS:FUNC “CURR”
Select current measurement function.
:SENS:CURR:PROT 10e-3
Set compliance limit to 10mA.
:SENS:CURR:RANG 10e-3
Select the 10mA measurement range.
:OUTP ON
Turn the output on.
:READ?
Trigger and acquire one data string.
*SourceMeter must be addressed to talk after sending :READ? to trigger and acquire data.
Table 10
Command sequence for measure current only example
Command*
Comments
*RST
Restore GPIB defaults (one-shot measure mode).
:SOUR:FUNC VOLT
Select voltage source function.
:SOUR:VOLT:MODE FIX
Select fixed voltage source mode.
:SOUR:VOLT:RANG 0.2
Select 200mV source range.
:SOUR:VOLT:LEV 0
Set source output level to 0.000mV.
:SENS:FUNC “CURR”
Select current measurement function.
:SENS:CURR:PROT 100e-3
Set compliance limit to 100mA.
:SENS:CURR:RANG 10e-3
Select the 10mA measurement range.
:OUTP ON
Turn the output on.
:READ?
Trigger and acquire one data string.
*SourceMeter must be addressed to talk after sending :READ? to trigger and acquire data.