09 | Keysight | Using an External Trigger to Measure Current with B2980A Series – Demo Guide
When the B2980A series ammeter is ready, send the external trigger signal to it and
make the current measurement.
6. (Optional) Abort the ammeter to stop waiting for an external trigger
signal
If you set the measure trigger count to INFINITY, or the number of external trigger
signals was less than the specified measure trigger count, be sure you abort the process
at the end of the test.
1) Press , , , and then press to make the ammeter
stop waiting for an external trigger signal.
7. (Optional) If you’d like to change the aperture mode
The
automatic aperture mode
is selected in the default setting and
Normal
is selected
as the
aperture type
. When the automatic aperture mode is selected, an appropriate
aperture time is set automatically by the instrument depending on the current measure-
ment range. If the manual aperture mode is selected, the instrument uses the aperture
time specified by the user.
1) Press the measurement navigation key to select
shorter aperature type
.
(1) Press System Menu
(2) Press Trigger
(3) Press Abort
(4) Press Acq.
