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Operator’s Manual

T3AWG3K Series

Simple TrueArb

Rev. 1.7

Summary of Contents for T3AWG3252

Page 1: ...Operator s Manual T3AWG3K Series Simple TrueArb Rev 1 7...

Page 2: ...S 5 Safety Symbols 5 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS 7 PRODUCT END OF LIFE HANDLING 7 EQUIPMENT RECYCLING 7 PREFACE 7 PACKAGECONTENTS 7 RECOMMENDED ACCESSORIES 8 MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS 8 KEY FEATURES...

Page 3: ...DE 26 SIMPLE TRUEARB APPLICATION 30 SIMPLE TRUEARB TOUCH UI 30 USER INTERFACE DESCRIPTION 32 SEQUENCER AREA 33 Sequencer area items 35 Sequencer Toolbar 36 WAVEFORM AREA 37 Status Toolbar 42 COMMAND B...

Page 4: ...nals of the product ensure that the product is properly grounded Observe All Terminal Ratings To avoid fire or shock hazard observe all ratings and markings on the product Consult the product manual f...

Page 5: ...rmation or documents in order to protect against personal injury or damage to the instrument This symbol warns of a potential risk of shock hazard This symbol is used to denote the measurement ground...

Page 6: ...ndicates a potential hazard It calls attention to a procedure practice or condition which if not followed could possibly cause bodily injury or death If a WARNING is indicated do not proceed until its...

Page 7: ...t complies with the European Union s requirements according to Directive 2002 96 EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE Preface This manual describes the installation and operation of Ar...

Page 8: ...tputs requires 2 x LVDS cables T3AWG3 8DIG TTL LVDS to LVTTL digital adapter probe T3AWG3 8DIG SMA LVDS to SMA digital adapter cable T3AWG3 8DIG MSCAB Digital output LVDS cable Recommended Accessories...

Page 9: ...kg Net Weight with Package 11 3 kg Overall Dimensions Height 160 mm Width 450 mm Depth 340 mm Key features The following list describes some of the key features of the T3AWG335X and T3AWG325X High res...

Page 10: ...nt does not ship with a product software CD To reinstall the product software follow the instructions in the paragraph Obtaining the Latest Software Releases to get the latest software release and the...

Page 11: ...quirements WARNING To reduce the risk of fire and shock ensure that the mains supply voltage fluctuations do not exceed 10 of the operating voltage range No manual voltage selection is required becaus...

Page 12: ...e manufacturer If you suspect the instrument s protection has been impaired disconnect the power cord and secure the instrument against any unintended operation The instrument s protection is likely t...

Page 13: ...ors to avoid making the wrong connection CAUTION Do not short output pins or apply external voltages to Output connectors The instrument may be damaged CAUTION Do not apply excessive inputs over 15 Vp...

Page 14: ...therwise you will loose all the configurations and projects 1 Download the Simple TrueArb setup package from Teledyne Lecroy website and decompress it to instrument s local disk 2 Right click on the A...

Page 15: ...Operator s Manual Simple TrueArb Application 15...

Page 16: ...ple TrueArb Application 16 Instrument Overview Front Panel T3AWG3352 3252 7 Capacitive Touch Screen Soft Keyboard and Rotary Knob Numeric Keypad Power on off button Single ended analog outputs Trigger...

Page 17: ...s Manual Simple TrueArb Application 17 Front Panel T3AWG3354 3254 7 Capacitive Touch Screen Soft Keyboard and Rotary Knob Single ended analog outputs Trigger In and Marker Output Numeric Keypad 2 USB...

Page 18: ...The Marker Out is a digital output channel that generates a pulse related to the analog waveform Its impedance is 50 Ohm and the output voltage amplitude ranges from 1 V to 2 5 V into 50 Ohm load The...

Page 19: ...T3AWG3352 3252 1 BNC on the Front Panel T3AWG3354 3254 2 BNCs on the Front Panel T3AWG3358 3258 4 BNCs on the Front Panel Trigger In The Trigger In TRG IN connector on the front panel allows to contro...

Page 20: ...f the virtual numeric pad A useful central knob is available for fine tuning and adjustments during the on the fly set up operation The rotary knob will change the value in continuous analog fashion T...

Page 21: ...equency of the waveform AWG AFG Use this button to switch between AFG mode and AWG operating mode OFFSET V LOW Use this button to set the low voltage level or the offset of the waveform PHASE DELAY N...

Page 22: ...ress G n it will be GHz if you press T p nothing will happen because that range is not available for the selected parameter If both the two unit of measure of a Unit Measure Range button are available...

Page 23: ...rs Pod D Pod C Pod B Pod A T3AWG3358 3258 Pod B Pod A T3AWG3354 3254 DVI port VGA Out port PS 2 Mouse Keyboard ports 2 DP ports 2 USB 2 0 4 USB 3 0 ports 1 Ethernet port Audio IN OUT ports Ref Clk In...

Page 24: ...isabled The connector type is a SMA Digital Output connector The T3AWG 3K series has optional 8 16 32 bit digital outputs synchronized with the corresponding analog channels The digital output pins ar...

Page 25: ...nnector on Two Channels model Sync In Sync Out Connectors The purpose of those connectors is to connect and synchronize together multiple instruments up to 4 instruments can be linked together Those c...

Page 26: ...ress the AWG AFG button to switch from the Simple AFG to the Simple TrueArb application Wait until the Simple TrueArb application is executed and ready to accept new commands 3 Connect the Output 1 of...

Page 27: ...eans that the outputs are mechanically disconnected from the load and the digital outputs are in OFF state 9 The waveform sequencer located at the top of the application starts by default with a singl...

Page 28: ...to switch from Channel 1 to Channel 2 In the Channel 2 by default the two sequencer entries will be two Sine Waveforms 12 Enable the output channels by pressing the CH1 and CH2 buttons located in the...

Page 29: ...an touch the Entry 2 and set Repetition N 3 14 You can change the Amplitude Voltage High and Offset Voltage Low for each entry 15 Press the RUN STOP button and check the generated waveforms on the osc...

Page 30: ...Touch UI Simple TrueArb UI is designed for touch to drive simplicity in operating with an Arbitrary Waveform Generator by using the today s modern technique used on Tablet or smart phones available in...

Page 31: ...e generation conditions The sequencer is mainly used for the following two purposes Output waveform longer than hardware memory Change the output waveform quickly on a specific trigger conditions A se...

Page 32: ...eform scenario Each entry can be repeated or changed in length The sequencer is common to all channels Sequencer Toolbar this bar is contains elements that are used to navigate add and remove the sequ...

Page 33: ...pe left or right gesture on the Sequencer Area you can navigate through the sequencer entries Sequencer Area The sequencer starts by default with a single entry with a Sine Waveform You can touch on t...

Page 34: ...wn gesture on the Graph Area or press the up down arrow on the left side of the graph to change the Output Channel page Than you can change the waveform by pressing the dropdown waveform list IMPORTAN...

Page 35: ...erated starting from 1 up to 16384 The name of the Waveform assigned to the selected output channel in that entry Each output channel can have a different waveform assigned to the same sequencer entry...

Page 36: ...on Use this button to add a sequencer entry after the selected entry Remove Button Use this button to remove the selected entry Sequencer Warnings Warnings are shown in the sequencer toolbar in case o...

Page 37: ...st described below The Waveform Parameters area is divided in two parts The left part contains the vertical parameters of the selected waveform in terms of Amplitude Vpp and Offset V or Voltage High V...

Page 38: ...in Volts Offset V It defines the voltage of Vmax Vmin 2 expressed in Volts where Vmax is the maximum level of the waveform and Vmin is the minimum level of the waveform Voltage High V It defines the m...

Page 39: ...in term of number of samples The entry length can be different from the waveform length because the entry length is the same for all the instrument channels while the waveform length can be different...

Page 40: ...ue 4 Measurement Unit After typing the numeric value these buttons can apply a different multiplier of the measurement unit When a measurement unit is pressed the value is applied on the fly 5 Coarse...

Page 41: ...ument on the fly Waveform warnings A warning is shown in the waveform graph in case the channel waveforms length is different from the entry length The upper warning gives is general warning that noti...

Page 42: ...ttons can be located in the More menu instead of in the Command Bar Below a detailed description of this bar is provided Command Bar Buttons Description RUN STOP Button Use this button to set the inst...

Page 43: ...Default Use this button to restore the default value of all parameters of the instrument Numeric Keyboard Button Use this button to enable or disable the virtual numeric keyboard Remote Use this butt...

Page 44: ...iguration For more information please refer to the relative section Remote Control Button Use this button to open the SCPI server page In that page you can enable or disable the SCPI server and see th...

Page 45: ...n the page relative to the Device Settings Channel Settings Marker Setting and Sequencer Setting Device Settings The device settings are common for all the instrument and they are grouped in General s...

Page 46: ...as written in the Burst Count N parameter If you set Burst Count N 1 the instrument is in Single mode and the sequence will be repeated only once Triggered Continuous when pressing the RUN STOP button...

Page 47: ...ed At the end of the entire sequence the execution will restart from the first entry Note if you set Infinite repetitions on one entry the Trigger event lets you jump to the next one Wait Trigger On D...

Page 48: ...of the waveform Samples Multiplication it repeats the waveform samples The Sample decreasing strategy parameter defines the strategy used to adapt the waveform length to the sequencer entry length in...

Page 49: ...mer count interval is set by Interval s textbox Trigger In Connector the Trigger event is generated by the signal applied externally on the BNC connector TRIGGER IN when it crosses the selected Thresh...

Page 50: ...terminated into 50 Ohm Channel Settings The channels settings page allows to manage the parameters of the analog and digital channels CH 1 CH2 CH N analog channel page Amplitude Scale this parameter t...

Page 51: ...e that the hardware can implement Output Impedance defines the output impedance of the analog outputs It can be set 50 Ohm or Low Impedance 5 Ohm Polarity when Negative is selected the analog output s...

Page 52: ...eform sequence as for the analog channel page IMPORTANT NOTE enabling the digital lines will cause a decrease of resolution in the analog output channels as shown in the following table Number of digi...

Page 53: ...12 bits 12 bits 16 bits 30 12 bits 12 bits 12 bits 12 bits 12 bits 12 bits 12 bits 14 bits 32 12 bits 12 bits 12 bits 12 bits 12 bits 12 bits 12 bits 12 bits Voltage Level V this parameter defines the...

Page 54: ...d parameters of the Marker signal that is provided at the front panel MARKER OUT BNC connector On four and eight channels model press the marker button to change the selection of the Marker signal The...

Page 55: ...sampling frequency In case an entry with infinite repetitions is being executed if a trigger event occurs a Marker pulse will be generate and the execution will skip to the next entry In this case th...

Page 56: ...individually overwritten by changing the Entry Length N parameter in the Waveform Parameters section of the Waveform Area Anyway if a change in any channel waveform of the entry occur the length of th...

Page 57: ...ined Waveforms are the ones in red color on the list the imported waveforms are the ones in gray Please note that You can build your own set of Predefined Waveform promoting waveforms in the list to P...

Page 58: ...n 2 In the Import dialog the Name and Description fields will be automatically filled with default values 3 Select the Waveform Type you would like to import Analog or Digital If Analog is selected th...

Page 59: ...eform to a Predefined Select an imported analog or digital waveform on the waveform list Press the button The waveform will appear on the list in red color to show that it has been promoted to Predefi...

Page 60: ...ation will be saved in the configuration list that can be accessed by the Load From dialog box In this page you can add a new configuration entry or overwrite an existing one To create a new configura...

Page 61: ...overwrited If you touch the Import Configuration button you can import the configuration file that comes from a different machine or from a different user The imported configuration will be inserted i...

Page 62: ...are shown The slider on the right side of the page allows to enable or disable the SCPI server By default it is enabled Remote Desktop Connection If you need to connect to the instrument using the re...

Page 63: ...be stopped by touching the Stop button located at the bottom right of the Warm Up page Calibration button touching this button will start the self calibration of the instrument The logs of the proced...

Page 64: ...256 MSamples per channel b T3AWG3 X memory extension to 512 MSamples per channel c T3AWG3 XL memory extension to 1024 MSamples per channel d T3AWG3 HV hi voltage output 12 Vpp on 50 Ohm e T3AWG3 8 DI...

Page 65: ...T3AWG 3358 3258 models a T3AWG3 XL 8CH 1024 Mpt Ch Memory Option for T3AWG3K 8CH b T3AWG XL UPGRADE 8CH 1024 Mpt Ch Memory Upgrade 8CH c T3AWG3 HV 8CH High Voltage 12 Vpp on 50 Ohm for T3AWG3K 8CH d T...

Page 66: ...ut of the mini SAS connector into 16 SMA connectors 2 SMA per LVDS pair The T3AWG3 8DIG TTL This is a probe that can be connected to the mini SAS HD cable provided with the dig license and it allows t...

Page 67: ...signed signal T3AWG3 8DIG SMA Mini SAS HD to 16 SMA cable 8 LVDS output A1 12Vcc NA A2 12Vcc NA A3 GND SMA Ground A4 DO7_P DO 7_P A5 DO7_N DO 7_P A6 GND NA A7 DO0_P DO 0_P A8 DO0_N DO 0_N A9 GND SMA G...

Page 68: ...1 5Vcc NA C2 5Vcc NA C3 GND SMA Ground C4 D5_P DO 5_P C5 D5_N DO 5_N C6 GND SMA Ground C7 D2_P DO 2_P C8 D2_N DO 2_N C9 GND SMA Ground D1 SCL RESERVED Do not connect NA D2 SDA RESERVED Do not connect...

Page 69: ...tor located on the rear of the instrument to 16 SMA connectors This cable ensures the best signal integrity and flexibility required for transmitting the high speed digital signals provided by the T3A...

Page 70: ...ini SAS HD digital connector to standard LVTTL single ended signals The probe provides the possibility to programme by software the voltage high level of the TTL signals from 0 8V to 3 8V The T3AWG3 8...

Page 71: ...0 position 2 54 mm 2 Row IDC Header Output electrical standard LVTTL Output impedance 50 nominal Output voltage 0 8V to 3 8V programmable same for all channels Maximum Update Rate 125 Mbps 0 8V and 40...

Page 72: ...1 kV AC Mains L N L PE N PE 4 EN 61000 4 6 2009 RF Conducted Electromagnetic Field 3 Vrms 0 15 MHz 80 MHz EN 61000 4 11 2004 Mains Dips and Interruptions 0 1 cycle 70 25 cycles 0 250 cycles 4 5 1 To e...

Page 73: ...l Compliance END OF LIFE HANDLING The instrument is marked with this symbol to indicate that it complies with the applicable European Union requirements to Directives 2012 19 EU and 2013 56 EU on Wast...

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