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Chapter 4 Remote Interface Reference
Arbitrary Waveform Commands (Option 002)
4
Arbitrary Waveform Commands (Option 002)
See also “Optional Arbitrary Waveforms (Option 002)” starting on page
112 in chapter 3.
Note:
Arbitrary waveforms are optionally available with the 33210A
(Option 002). To upgrade your 33210A to include arbitrary waveform
functionality, go to
www.keysight.com/find/33210U
.
Arbitrary Waveform Overview
The following is an overview of the steps required to download and
output an arbitrary waveform over the remote interface. The commands
used for arbitrary waveforms are listed on page 224. Refer to chapter 7,
“Tutorial”, for more information on the internal operation of downloading
and outputting an arbitrary waveform.
Note.
You can download waveforms of up to 8,192 (8K) points into the
Keysight 33210A from your PC.
1 Download the waveform points into volatile memory.
You can download from 1 point (a dc signal) to 8,192 (8K) points per
waveform. You can download the points as floating-point values, binary
integer values, or decimal integer values. Use the
DATA
command to
download floating-point values from -1.0 to +1.0. Use the
DATA:DAC
command to download binary integer or decimal integer values from
-8191 to +8191.
To ensure that binary data is downloaded properly, you must select the
order in which the bytes are downloaded using the
FORM:BORD
command.
2 Select the waveform frequency, amplitude, and offset.
Use the
APPLy
command or the equivalent
FREQ
,
VOLT
, and
VOLT:OFFS
commands to select the frequency, amplitude, and offset of the waveform.
Chapter 6, “Application Programs”, includes an example program
showing how to download an arbitrary waveform into the Keysight
33210A.
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