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TFG2900A Series Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator                                                                Users’ Guide   

Suin Instruments Co., Ltd 

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Press

NewFile

soft key, pop up Key Board, enter the file name by finger touch edition or number 

keys and no extension name is needed. 

 

When finish file name, press

Complete

to save the file. Generator will add the right suffix behind 

the file name. The new file can be shown in the Sub-directory Area. 

 

 

3.19.4 Delete file 

Choose the required file in the Sub-directory Area, Press

DelFile

key to delete stored file. 

3.20 System Setup 

3.20.1 Function Selection

 

Press 

Utility

key to enter auxiliary function and set the items like interface display, operating 

Summary of Contents for TFG2900A Series

Page 1: ...User s Guide TFG2900A Series Function Arbitrary Waveform Generators Suin Instruments Co Ltd 08 2021...

Page 2: ...time could be set Double Pulse Pulse width and time interval of the two Pulses could be set separately Phase Characteristic The phase and polarity that output signal relative to synchronizing signal...

Page 3: ...ing sweep burst double pulse frequency and waveform sequence External Clock It can automatically test and use external base clock Internal reference clock can be output Counter It can test external si...

Page 4: ...er cord 1 BNC testing cable 1 WIFI Antenna 1 CD 1 Note This document may include technical inaccuracy and it is only a usage guide for the instrument Suin Instruments Co Ltd will not make any promise...

Page 5: ...truction 21 3 1 Working Mode 21 3 2 Continuous Output 21 3 3 Frequency Modulation 30 3 4 Amplitude Modulation 31 3 5 Phase Modulation 33 3 6 Pulse Width Modulation 34 3 7 Sum Modulation 35 3 8 FSK Mod...

Page 6: ...Users Guide Suin Instruments Co Ltd 6 3 22 Clock Calibration 80 3 23 Signal Port 81 3 24 Communication Port 82 3 25 Frequency Reference 83 3 26 Default Setting 84 3 27 Frequency Counter option 86 Chap...

Page 7: ...e test If anything is missing please contact sales office 1 1 2 Connect the power Turn on the instrument only the following conditions are met Voltage AC 100 240V Frequency 45 65Hz Temperature 0 40 Hu...

Page 8: ...play Menu soft keys Knob Function keys Number keys On Off Switch USB port Direction keys CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 Output Modulate input of CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 Sync output Counter input LAN interface Fan Power Sock...

Page 9: ...select CH1 CH2 Key to select CH2 CH3 Key to select CH3 and only available on 4 channel models CH4 Key to select CH4 and only available on 4 channel models 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Numerical keys Key is...

Page 10: ...t 1 4 1 Menu operation Screen s right side is operating menu press the soft keys besides this menu and select one of them you want to set while the background of chosen item will turn light and you ca...

Page 11: ...ust When a parameter is chosen there will be backlight in it and also a white line called cursor position under a number Press or the cursor position will move to left or right While adjust the knob t...

Page 12: ...need to be selected by pressing More and they are standard wave mathematical wave linear wave combination wave window function special wave Press one of the soft keys you can open the waveform list i...

Page 13: ...t Frequency the matched backlight turns light Press 2 5 keys to input the parameter value then press kHz or Enter frequency parameter will be 2 500 000 000kHz Instrument will output signals according...

Page 14: ...ws shown You can also use knob and to set the DC offset 1 5 7 Amplitude modulation If you want to output an amplitude modulation wave with carrier wave Sine 10kHz frequency 1Vpp amplitude 0Vdc offset...

Page 15: ...bove parameters continuously 1 5 8 Sum modulation If add a Ramp on the output waveform sum amplitude 50 please operate as following steps Press Modulate then press Type there will be modulation type m...

Page 16: ...rate as following steps Press Modulate then press Type to display modulation type menu press FSK to set modulation type to be FSK then frequency shift keying wave will display in diagram area and the...

Page 17: ...ument will output sweep wave according to the setting as follows shown 1 5 11 Burst output If output a burst wave of which burst period 10ms 5 burst counting cycles continuous or single manual trigger...

Page 18: ...ent menu Press soft keys of Target Channel CH3 select the CH3 as the target channel CH 1 is source channel and CH3 is target channel Press FreqCpl set it to On Press CH1 to enter continuous work mode...

Page 19: ...peration and then use it better 2 1 Principle block diagram After the digit analog converter two same channels CHA and CHB are separated Following block diagram is just one of them ADSP FPGA D A Ampli...

Page 20: ...tification data and then converts to analog voltage through D A and operational amplifier Waveform data is discontinuous sampling data what DDS generator outputs is a staircase sine waveform Higher ha...

Page 21: ...gnals 3 1 2 Modulation output it can output modulation signals such as FM AM PM PWM SUM FSK PSK ASK OSK etc 3 1 3 Frequency sweep Linear and Log sweep are supported 3 1 4 Burst output it can output bu...

Page 22: ...gentH 22 Erf 23 Erfc 24 HaverSine 25 Sinc 26 ExpRise 27 ExpFall 28 LogRise 29 LogFall 30 PosSquare 31 NegSquare 32 PosCube 33 NegCube 34 SquareRoot 35 PosRecipro 36 NegRecipro 37 PNRecipro 38 BiRecipr...

Page 23: ...lCut 89 BiPhaselCut 90 SinePulse 91 NoisePulse 92 BiHarmo 93 TriHarmo 94 FourthHarmo 95 FifthHarmo 96 SineFM 97 SineAM 98 SquareAM 99 NoiseAM 100 PulsePWM 101 SineFSK 102 SineFSK 103 SinePSK 104 SineS...

Page 24: ...hich are used to store user defined arbitrary waveforms 165 is harmonic waveform which is used to store harmonic waveform user defined Press More to display the waveform selection menu and 6 types wav...

Page 25: ...e width period 3 2ns When pulse wave s frequency is changing not exceeding the above rule pulse width will remain unchanged But if it exceeds instrument will modify pulse width value automatically to...

Page 26: ...or period setting is allowed but in actual frequency combination way is used into instrument and converts it when data is inputting and displaying 3 2 5 Amplitude setting There are two modes of amplit...

Page 27: ...tness output compensation is provided and the output amplitude will be accurate But in other function flatness output compensation is unavailable output amplitude will fall down as the frequency s ris...

Page 28: ...stipulated instrument will modify it to limit it to the allowable value While using knobs to adjust DC offset is easier than operation using number keypad No matter DC offset is positive value or nega...

Page 29: ...external load to high impedance Press Res you can set the actual value of external load The amplitude and offset s displaying value will change accordingly when setting for external load changing But...

Page 30: ...t will set parameters to allowable limit value and may modify the relevant parameters At this time if press Cancel or wait for a minute instrument will cancel the current setting Although the out of r...

Page 31: ...carrier frequency 3 3 5 Modulation waveform Most of the built in waveforms could be used as modulation waveform but some may be not suitable Press Shape to choose modulation signal s waveform 3 3 6 M...

Page 32: ...2 2 Amin 1 M A 2 2 Modulation depth can be derived from the two formulas above M Amax Amin 1 1 A If modulation depth is 120 Amax A Amin 0 09A If modulation depth is 100 Amax 0 909A Amin 0 If modulatio...

Page 33: ...setting interface to set its parameter 3 5 3 Phase deviation Press PhaseDev you can set phase difference value Phase deviation means carrier phase s variation quantity when modulation signal reaches f...

Page 34: ...deviation Press WidthDev you can set pulse width deviation value Pulse width deviation means in the pulse width modulation the percent of carrier wave s pulse width variation quantity to pulse width...

Page 35: ...to set carrier wave s parameter Press Modulate again to enter modulation parameter setting interface to set its parameter 3 7 3 Sum amplitude Press SumAmpl you can set sum amplitude value Superpositio...

Page 36: ...ulation type will be FSK 4FSK nFSK and display the FSK waveform s diagram and menu 3 8 2 Carrier setting Usually sine is used as carrier wave Of course other built in waveforms can also be used but so...

Page 37: ...n Out port of CH1 and input the higher from Trig In Out interface of CH2 When CH2 is set to external trigger Input the lower trigger signal from rear panel s Trig In Out port of CH2 and input the high...

Page 38: ...ation In PSK the phase of output signal hops between carrier phase and hop phase alternately and hop rate depends on shift keying rate 3 9 1 Function selection Press Modulate to enter modulation funct...

Page 39: ...ar panel s Trig In Out port of CH1 and input the higher from Trig In Out port of CH2 When CH2 is set to external trigger input the lower trigger signal from rear panel s Trig In Out port of CH2 and in...

Page 40: ...the amplitude of output signal hops between carrier amplitude and hop amplitude alternately and hop rate depends on shift keying rate 3 10 1 Function selection Press Modulate to enter modulation funct...

Page 41: ...When trigger signal is 0 instrument will output hop amplitude 3 10 8 Sync output Sync signal s duty cycle is 50 and sync signal s frequency is equal to ASK rate When carrier amplitude is output sync...

Page 42: ...tain the burst signal s cycle numbers instrument will change delay time cycle numbers and burst period value automatically to the allowable minimum value 3 11 6 Cycle numbers press Cycles to set burst...

Page 43: ...he last cycle waveform is completed When it is negative When gate control signal is 0 burst signal will output from start phase When gate control is 1 burst signal will stop outputting to the level co...

Page 44: ...ing edge s middle point of first pulse to falling edge s middle point 3 12 3 Second pulse width Press Second Width to set second pulse width Pulse width means the lasting time from rising edge s middl...

Page 45: ...al trigger source and double pulse frequency and period setting will be ignored Input external signal from rear panel s Trig In Out port But external trigger signal s period should conform to the foll...

Page 46: ...means it s amplitude value If harmonic amplitude is set to 0 this harmonic will not affect The amplitude of each harmonic could be set randomly If the amplitude value of final synthesized arbitrary wa...

Page 47: ...nthesize the harmonic will be needed When amplitude value of final synthesized waveform exceeds the amplitude limits of device prompt will pop up to reminder user to pay attention to it 3 13 7 Harmoni...

Page 48: ...Har to edit or output Edited harmonic sequence doesn t influence the parameters of harmonic before editing in User_Harm 3 13 10 Harmonic storage If you store the synthesis harmonic to RAM storage it w...

Page 49: ...imilar as FM with modulating waveform ramp the difference between which is that no modulating wave needed for sweep just output discrete points in interval continuously In Log mode frequency step is n...

Page 50: ...trigger signal from Trig In Out port in rear panel Each effective trigger clock edge will trigger once sweep the period of trigger signal should greater than the total time of one sweep as below form...

Page 51: ...is used 3 15 1 Function Select Press Sweep key then soft key Type and select List to enter it s interface 3 15 2 Sample Rate Press the soft key Sample to set the sampling rate of the frequency list T...

Page 52: ...e sweep each time you press Manual Trig soft key If External selected generator takes external source input external trigger source from Trig In Out port in rear panel Each effective trigger edge will...

Page 53: ...xternal or manual trigger is selected the sync signal will be determined external trigger or manual trigger signal 3 15 9 List storage If you store the frequency lists to RAM storage it will be lost o...

Page 54: ...hich is not allowed in severe test To reproduce the real electrical signals at work site truly now most of waveform generators use point by point way to generate arbitrary waveform to ensure the compl...

Page 55: ...ess Build Params soft key and display a setting box User can set parameters for the waveform that will be inserted as below picture shown Amplitude Amplitude peak to peak value of the inserted wavefor...

Page 56: ...Set total point number to be 20 0 and no set for other options Press Back soft key continuously to return to the arbitrary wave editing interface a Si ne with 200 points is inserted on basis of previ...

Page 57: ...f ewer points For example make local modifications for a Sine with 100 points insert and delete wavef orm points Firstly insert a Sine with 100 points and amplitude 1Vpp Press Points Edit soft key to...

Page 58: ...venien t when there are lots of wave points need to be set Then line edition can solve the prob lem Under this function user only needs to set two points then all points between the t wo points will b...

Page 59: ...V and the crossing point of the green cursor is the starting point of the line segment Press X2 soft key to set the coordinate value of the stop point X2 to 55 Press Y 2 soft key to set the coordinate...

Page 60: ...orms composed of three built in waveforms Inset below three waveforms with different setting user will find the influence that differe d settings for waveform caused to inserted waveform from display...

Page 61: ...th e crossing point of red cursor is the end point of waveform block The waveform block i s selected as the second half of the tangent waveform Press PosSel soft key and set the coordinates of the in...

Page 62: ...o be copied and ahead of the Sinc Press Execute soft key The selected waveform block will be copied to the specified loc ation and covers the original Sinc behind of copy point The block copy operatio...

Page 63: ...waveform block Press X2 soft key to set the stop point of the waveform block to 150 and the crossin g point of the red cursor is the end point of the waveform block Press Execute soft key and the reve...

Page 64: ...lay the fine par ts of the waveform For example zoom and shift the Sine with 1000 points Firstly insert a Sine with 1000 points and amplitude 1Vpp Use point edition function to modify X coordinate to...

Page 65: ...nd waveform point 400 4 000V will displ ay more clearly and reset the zoom ration to 200 Vertical Zoom Press Point soft key and set the horizontal coordinate of mark point to 260 Then observe another...

Page 66: ...ll be displayed again 3 16 8 Waveform Length After editing to arbitrary waveform then load it s data into RAM memory and the instru ment can output arbitrary waveform edited by the user Press Wave Len...

Page 67: ...he current waveform is stored as built in waveform and won t lost even power off Please note that the fixed length of the built in waveform is 16384 points If the user defined waveform length is less...

Page 68: ...cept of output a single waveform it also require multi waveforms are lined up as sequence according to requirement and each waveform could be set length and times to repeat thus to generate a more lon...

Page 69: ...setting waveform sequence is output 3 17 3Sample rate Press Sample Rate soft key to set sampling rate of the waveform sequence That is t o say the sampling point number in one second of waveform sequ...

Page 70: ...f a complete waveform sequence when the trigger mode is set to sequence The waveform sequence will output one cycle of waveform signals for each valid trigger when the trigger mode waveform is selecte...

Page 71: ...shown The period of synchronous signal is related to the waveform numbers and times to repeat In the waveform sequence when the waveform is selected Follow the Settings in the ab ove example the numb...

Page 72: ...use 3 17 10 Sequence Recall After entering the operation interface of arbitrary wave sequence press soft keys Store Recall and Recall File to enter the file management interfaces if arbitrary sequenc...

Page 73: ...target channel again in other modes The setting is not available for 2 channel model 3 18 5 Frequency Coupling With frequency coupling function generator can make frequency output of channels relates...

Page 74: ...ase soft key and select the channel to be alignment and press ConfirmAlign soft key the synchronization signal of the selected channel can be aligned with the CH1 phase At this moment the phase differ...

Page 75: ...r to sub directory area then use up down key to select the file you want to open Press Open Dir to show the next directories and files whose type meets with the operation requirement The files can be...

Page 76: ...eded When finish file name press Complete to save the file Generator will add the right suffix behind the file name The new file can be shown in the Sub directory Area 3 19 4 Delete file Choose the re...

Page 77: ...enerator will automatically recall the last setting that before power off the generator For continuous work user can set the power on state as Last to reduce the repeated operation every time they tur...

Page 78: ...l when use next time Press StateStore soft key to store the current state into state file and recall it by pressing StateRecall soft key 3 20 6 Network setting Press Net Set enables users to set param...

Page 79: ...firmware and control program of instrument If the update is failing it will cause the abnormal work of device and users have to return factory to repair Therefore please take care to use this function...

Page 80: ...ed file suffix as bin Press Options SeleChannel CH and message CH system will be upgraded Do you want to continue will be shown on the screen then press Confirm and generator will start to update firm...

Page 81: ...instrument 1 Signal output port CH1 CH2 CH3 and CH4 only CH1 and CH2 are available for 2 channel models All are located in front panel and out signal from corresponding chann el 2 Signal output port S...

Page 82: ...output the triggered port will output the number 1 during the output of the burst signal and the triggered port will output the number 0 during the burst signal is closed If the current function is fr...

Page 83: ...other devices or the external clock with higher precision can be used to further improve the accuracy of output frequency The clock input port adopts ac coupling mode of transformer and there is no c...

Page 84: ...larity Positive Output Port Off External Load High Z 3 26 2 Modulated output FM AM PM PWM Sum Frequency Difference 500Hz Phase Deviation 90 AM Depth 100 Modulating Frequency 100Hz Pulse Width Differen...

Page 85: ...er Source internal Remain Time 0s Trigger Output close 3 26 7 Frequency Sequence Sample Rate 1Hz Trigger Source Internal Sequence Length 20 Trigger Output closed Sequence Mode Customized sequence Freq...

Page 86: ...ace USB 3 27 Frequency Counter option The frequency counter has four functions to measure the frequency period pulse width and duty cycle of input signal The default setting is frequency measurement l...

Page 87: ...is AC 3 27 4 Input Impedance Press softkey Imped to set input impedance of counter and default setting is M 3 27 5 Bandwidth Limit Press softkey BW Limit to set bandwidth of frequency counter of which...

Page 88: ...p or replace these defective ones based on the detailed provisions of the warranty Except guarantees of this outline and warranty we factory make no any other forms of expressed or implied guarantees...

Page 89: ...165 kind of waveforms including Sine Square Ramp Pulse Noise DC PRBS Pseudorandom Binary Sequence User defined Arbitrary User defined Harmonic and so on Sample rate 1 2GSa s Amplitude resolution 14 bi...

Page 90: ...width 5ns 20s Second pulse width 5ns 20s Time Interval 5ns 20s Pulse width and interval time resolution 5ns Pulse Status positive pulse negative pulse positive and negative pulse Trigger source Inter...

Page 91: ...Accuracy Sine 1kHz 10mVpp high impedance of settings value 1 1mV Flatness Sine 0dBm relative to 10MHz 0 2dBm frequency 100MHz 0 3dBm frequency 200MHz 0 4dBm frequency 300MHz 0 5dBm frequency 300MHz U...

Page 92: ...0 to 100 Modulating Source Internal and External 5 2 2 FSK 4FSK NFSK PSK 4PSK NPSK ASK and OSK Carrier Waveforms Sine Square Ramp and so on FSK Frequency 1 Hz to upper frequency limits Hop Phase 0 to...

Page 93: ...ce Internal external manual 5 5 Frequency Sequence 5 5 1 Sequence waveform Sine Square Ramp etc 5 5 2 Frequency Range 1 Hz upper frequency limit 5 5 3 Sequence Mode Customized sequences pseudo random...

Page 94: ...ing mode 5 8 3 Output level TTL compatible 5 8 4 Output impedance 50 typical value 5 8 5 Port grounding The signal is isolated from the case 5 9Modulation Trigger Input 5 9 1 Modulation Input 2 5Vpp f...

Page 95: ...perating characteristics All key operation knob continuous adjustment English and Chinese menu 5 12 4 Display 7 colorful TFT LCD Touch screen pixel 800 480 5 12 5 Dimensions Weight 363mm 154mm 327mm A...

Page 96: ...GHz Dynamic range 15dBm 13dBm Sine Frequency 100MHz 2 0GHz 10dBm 13dBm Sine Frequency 2 0GHz 3GHz Input Impedance 50 Coupling mode AC 5 14 OCXO option 5 14 1 Accuracy 0 01ppm 1 Hz 0 40 5 14 2 Aging Ra...

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