2.1 System Configuration
Product Features and System Configuration
GS200 Features
• The GS200 uses dual D/A conversion to produce voltage and current with high
accuracy and resolution. It can produce stable current or voltage whether it is used for
a short or long period of time and maintains superb linearity over all the ranges. You
can also use the GS200 to produce voltage and current that has low noise.
• The GS200 can perform four-quadrant operation by operating as a current source or a
current sink in the range of ±32 V and ±200 mA.
• The GS200 has an optional voltage and current measurement feature (monitoring
feature). The GS200 can measure current in voltage source mode and measure
voltage in current source mode. The display resolution is 4½ digits.
• By using the program feature, you can specify up to 10000 steps, each of which
controls the generation of voltage or current. You can also generate ramp waveforms
by using the slope setting.
• You can use the external I/O BNC connector on the rear panel to control multiple
GS200s or other measuring instruments by synchronizing them to actions such as the
source action and the output action.
• The I/O terminals for synchronous operation (SYNC IN/OUT) of multiple GS200s can
be connected in a daisy chain to allow synchronization of output control and triggers.
This increases the number of channels that can be controlled.
• The GS200 has a built-in 4 MB non-volatile storage disk (GS200ROM) for storing
various settings and a 16 MB volatile storage disk (GS200RAM) for storing data such
as measurement results. If you use USB to connect the GS200 to a PC, you can
access these storage disks as the PC’s external drives. Because settings and results
are saved to general text files or .CSV files, you can use software such as a text editor
or a general-purpose spreadsheet application to edit these files or use them to display
graphs on your PC.
In addition to the storage feature, the USB interface can be used to perform command
control by way of the USB-TMC protocol. Furthermore, command control can be
performed by way of other communication interfaces such as GP-IB, and Ethernet
(VXI-11 protocol/7655 command socket).
You can also use the Ethernet interface to access the GS200’s internal disks through
FTP (the FTP server feature) and to display the GS200’s information and control
it from a Web browser by accessing the GS200 through HTTP (the HTTP server
feature).
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