Keysight EXG and MXG X-Series Signal Generators User’s Guide
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Basic Digital Operation (Option 653/655/656/657)
Waveform File Basics
Waveform File Basics
There are two types of waveform files:
— A
segment
is a waveform file that you download to the signal generator.
For information on creating and downloading waveform files, refer to the
Programming Guide
.
— A
sequence
is a file you create in the signal generator that contains pointers to one or more
waveform files (segments, other sequences, or both).
For information on creating sequences, see
Signal Generator Memory
The signal generator has two types of memory:
—
Volatile
memory, baseband generator (BBG) media, where waveform files are played from or
edited.
—
Non–volatile
memory, either internal (int) or external (USB) media, where waveform files are
stored.
Dual ARB Player
The dual ARB waveform player enables you to play, rename, delete, store, and load (external or
internal) waveform files in addition to building waveform sequences. The dual ARB waveform player
also provides markers (
), triggering (
), clipping (
), and scaling
(
) capabilities.
Most procedures in this section start from the Dual ARB menu, shown below.
The MXG/EXG’s ARB Waveform File Cache is limited (see the Data Sheet).
Consequently, once the file cache limit has been reached, the waveform
switching speed is much slower for additional files loaded into the volatile
waveform memory (BBG).
