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AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual
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The APPL Menu
The following applications are in the APPL menu:
Disk application
Network application
Jitter composer
These applications are used like an editor to generate a waveform for specific
purposes.
Disk Application
Using this application, you can easily create test signals for reading or writing
data from/to hard disk media.
Signals are created using the following process:
Input binary bit pattern expressed by 0 and 1.
Convert the input pattern and estimate the positions of the generated pulse
and polarity.
Superpose an isolated pulse in the position estimated above. The pulses shift
during superpose.
Input data
Code
Conversion
Isolated pulse
Output
Figure 3-30: Outline flow for producing HDD reading test signal