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Operator’s Manual

T3AWG2152

Simple AFG

Rev. 1.0

Summary of Contents for T3AWG2152

Page 1: ...Operator s Manual T3AWG2152 Simple AFG Rev 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...ls 6 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS 8 PRODUCT END OF LIFE HANDLING 8 EQUIPMENT RECYCLING 8 PREFACE 9 PACKAGECONTENTS 9 RECOMMENDED ACCESSORIES T3AWG2152 9 MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS 9 KEY FEATURES 11 INSTALLING YOUR INSTRUMENT 11 OPERATING REQUIREMENTS 11 ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS 12 POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS 12 CLEANING 13 CALIBRATION 13 ABNORMAL CONDITIONS 13 POWER THE INSTRUMENT ON AND OFF 14 PR...

Page 3: ...n Channels Horizontal parameter 34 AUXILIARY CHANNELS 36 Marker Out 36 Trigger In 36 Reference Clock Input 37 Reference Clock Output 37 Digital Output connector 37 PREDEFINED WAVEFORMS 38 List and parameters of predefined waveforms 38 RUN MODE 42 CONTINUOUS 42 Marker Out behaviour in Continuous Run Mode 42 MODULATION 43 Marker Out behaviour in Modulation Run Mode 44 Modulation General Parameter 45...

Page 4: ...NGS 51 REMOTE CONTROL 51 CHANNELS AND DEVICE SETTING 53 Channels Settings 53 Device Settings 55 Trigger In Settings 56 Marker Out Settings 57 IMPORT FROM FILE 58 CHANNEL COUPLING 61 CERTIFICATIONS 64 EMC COMPLIANCE 64 SAFETY COMPLIANCE 64 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE 65 ...

Page 5: ...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 for further ratings information before making connections to the product Power Disconnect The power cord provides Mains disconnect Do Not Operate Without Covers Do not operate this product with covers or panels re...

Page 6: ...mation 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 connection This symbol is used to denote a frame or chassis connection This symbol is used to denote a safety ground connection On Supply This is the DC power connect disconnect switch at the back of t...

Page 7: ...dicates 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 conditions are fully understood and met CAT I Installation Overvoltage Category rating per EN 61010 1 safety standard and is applicable for the instrument front panel measuring terminals CAT I rated t...

Page 8: ...ful to the environment or human health if improperly handled at the product s end of life In order to avoid release of such substances into the environment and to reduce the use of natural resources we encourage you to recycle this product in an appropriate system that will ensure that most of the materials are reused or recycled appropriately The symbol shown to the left indicates that this produ...

Page 9: ...AWG2152can generate signals up to 150MHz The software architecture provides the possibility to easily generate predefined waveforms and modulated signals or to load an arbitrary waveform from a user defined file Package Contents The standard T3AWG2152 package includes the following T3AWG2152 Arbitrary Waveform Generator equipment Power Cord Performance Calibration Certificate CE certificate Recomm...

Page 10: ...Operator s Manual Simple AFG Application 10 Overall Dimensions Height 143 mm Width 362 mm Depth 258 mm ...

Page 11: ...nd LAN interfaces Compact case size with the possibility of rack mounting in 3U Installing your instrument Unpack the instrument and check that you received all items listed in the Package Content paragraph NOTE The instrument does not ship with a product software CD To reinstall the product software follow the instructions in the paragraph Obtaining the latest version releases to get the latest s...

Page 12: ...4 F to 140 F Humidity Operating 5 to 80 relative humidity with a maximum wet bulk temperature of 29 C at or below 40 C non condensing Non operating 5 to 95 relative humidity with a maximum wet bulb temperature of 40 C at or below 60 C non condensing Altitude Operating 3 000 m 9 843 feet Non operating 12 000 m 39 370 feet Power supply requirements WARNING To reduce the risk of fire and shock ensure...

Page 13: ...ace of the arbitrary waveform generator do not use any abrasive or chemical cleaning agents Calibration The recommended calibration interval is one year Calibration should be performed by qualified personnel only Abnormal Conditions Operate the instrument only as intended by the manufacturer If you suspect the instrument s protection has been impaired disconnect the power cord and secure the instr...

Page 14: ... Off Close the application in use Press the front panel power button to power off the instrument Protect Your Instrument from Misuse Check Input and Output Connectors When connecting a cable be sure to distinguish the input connector from the output connectors to avoid making the wrong connection CAUTION Do not short output pins or apply external voltages to Output connectors The instrument may be...

Page 15: ... Install Simple AFG Application If your instrument has already installed another version of the Simple AFG application you must first uninstall it 1 Download the Simple AFGTouchUI setup package from Teledyne LeCroy website and decompress it to instrument s local disk 2 Double click on the setup exe to start the installation 3 Follow the steps and click next to continue the procedure 4 When the app...

Page 16: ...he connector type is a standard BNC Marker Output Connector The Marker Out BNC connector is located on the front panel in the T3AWG2152 See Auxiliary Channels section form more information Trigger In Connector The Trigger In BNC connector is located on the front panel in the T3AWG2152 See Auxiliary Channels section form more information Single ended analog outputs Marker Out Trigger In Power on of...

Page 17: ...he 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 The push button rotary knob lets you to change the value increment between Coarse and Fine adjustment The key will move the selected digit to the right and the key will move the selected digit to left You...

Page 18: ...requency 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 A SETTINGS Use this button to open the Settings page CHANNEL SEL Use this button to change the output selection in the user interface ALL OFF Use this button to turn off all the outputs DEFAULT Use t...

Page 19: ...e Frequency parameter and you press k m the unit measure range will be kHz if you press M u it will be MHz if you press 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 for the selected parameter i e Mega and Micro if you press the range button M u the ...

Page 20: ...uency The connector type is a SMA See Auxiliary Channels section form more information Reference Clock Output Connector This connector outputs the internal 10MHz reference clock used to synthesize the DAC sampling clock The connector type is a SMA See Auxiliary Channels section form more information Digital Output connector This connector is not used by AFG application ...

Page 21: ...ge Run Mode The instrument can be used in different run modes each one providing different characteristics Continuous the selected waveform is generated continuously until the RUN STOP button is pressed Modulation allows to select among different type of modulation The modulating source can be a predefined waveform or a user defined waveform loaded from a file Sweep changes the frequency during ti...

Page 22: ...G Touch UI Simple AFG 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 capacitive touch screen displays All the important instrument controls and settings are always one touch away swipe down gesture to change the output channel swipe left or right to navigate through the...

Page 23: ...orm type and to set its parameters The Secondary tab is used to define the Modulation Sweep or Burst parameters depending on the selected Run Mode Graph Area it shows a qualitative graphical representation of the generated waveform Channel Information it summarizes the channel settings Command Bar in this bar there are elements to control the instrument operations to modify the instrument settings...

Page 24: ... Area you can switch between the Output Channel 1 and Output Channel 2 page If you use the Swipe left or right gesture on the Waveform Parameter Area you can switch the page between Carrier tab and the Secondary tab The Secondary tab can be Modulation Sweep or Burst depending on the selected Run Mode ...

Page 25: ...that describe the Modulation Sweep and Burst This tab changes title name and functionality depending on the selected Run Mode For example if the Run Mode is Sweep the Secondary tab will take the title name Sweep and the tab page will show the Sweep parameters The same will happen for Modulation and Burst modes In Continuous Run Mode the Secondary tab is not active You can touch the parameter area ...

Page 26: ...oarse fine button let you to modify the granularity of the increment You can increment or decrement the selected parameter using the UP DOWN arrows button or rotating knob on the front panel When Fine is selected the increment is of 1 unit at the current cursor position When Coarse is pressed the Delta increment is displayed in the parameter area and the parameter value changes in steps of the sel...

Page 27: ...els and the offset Note When View All Ch is checked the graph shows all channels graphs overlapped The vertical scale is that of the selected channel Channel Information This area displays the channel name and a list of all the main current channel settings the selected waveform type the Modulation Sweep Burst mode the Generation mode the channel status and the Trigger Source ...

Page 28: ...change the Output channel page If you press again the selected Channel you can turn OFF ON When a channel is OFF it is mechanically disconnected from the output Copy Ch1 Ch2 ChN Button This button copies all the channel settings to the other channels When you press the button a dialogue window appears to Confirm or Cancel the operation You can copy the channel 1 into channel 2 channel N or the cha...

Page 29: ...ws OS Load Setting Button Use this button to load user instrument settings from a file called Memory For more information please refer to the relative section Save Setting Button Use this button to store the instrument settings to a file called Memory For more information please refer to the relative section Coupling Button Use this button to open the channel Coupling page For more information ple...

Page 30: ...s Manual Simple AFG Application 30 About Button Use this button to check the credits the software the firmware release number and the instrument serial number Help Button Use this button to open the User Manual ...

Page 31: ...rts different input formats For example it is possible to specify the frequency of a waveform or alternatively it is possible to specify the corresponding time period It is possible to switch between two different parameter formats by just touching the parameter label Main Channel Vertical Parameters The Simple AFG application provides the control of the vertical voltage parameters of the Output c...

Page 32: ...e power transferred to the load expressed in dBmW this representation is available only for sine wave Its value takes in account the Load set in Channel Settings Note The Vrms and the dBm set in the textbox are referred only to the waveforms amplitude They don t take into consideration the Offset of the waveform Offset V It defines the voltage of Vmax Vmin 2 expressed in Volts where Vmax is the ma...

Page 33: ... Simple AFG Application 33 Low Level V It defines the minimum level of the waveform expressed in Volts These parameters are available for all function excepts the DC level that is identified only by the Offset parameter ...

Page 34: ...for the Ramp function It represents the percentage of the cycle in which the ramp function is rising Width s Duty Cycle It defines the duration of the High level part of the Pulse function The width is defined as Full Width at Half Maximum FWHM that means the time from the medium of the leading edge to the medium of the trailing edge The duty cycle is the percentage value of the width compared to ...

Page 35: ...Operator s Manual Simple AFG Application 35 ...

Page 36: ...ue top synchronous with the analog signal red bottom Trigger In The TRIGGER IN connector allows to control the signal generation when a channel is in Burst Run Mode or in Sweep Run Mode Refer to the chapters about the Device Settings to know how to define the trigger parameters or the Run Mode In Continuous and Modulation Run Modes the Trigger In doesn t have any effects Trigger In Specification V...

Page 37: ...o generate the DAC sampling clock signal Reference Clock Input Value Connector type 1 SMA on the Rear Panel Input impedance 50 Ohm AC coupled Input Frequency range 5 MHz to 100 MHz Reference Clock Output This connector outputs the internal 10MHz reference clock used to synthesize the DAC sampling clock If the clock source is internal it produces a signal at 10 MHz if the source is external it is d...

Page 38: ...he Carrier a dropdown menu opens where it is possible to select a waveform to use as carrier List and parameters of predefined waveforms The following table shows the available waveforms the parameters that you can change for each one and the possible combination of run mode and waveforms The Continuous Run Mode has been omitted from the table because it is available for all waveforms Waveform Fre...

Page 39: ... 60 MHz 6Vpp Amplitude Offset Frequency Phase Duty Cycle Leading Edge Trailing Edge Double Pulse 1 uHz 3 MHz 12Vpp 3 MHz 50 MHz 6Vpp where Vpp Vpp1 Vpp2 Common Offset Frequency Phase Pulse 1 Pulse 2 Amplitude1 2 Offset1 2 Leading Edge1 2 Trailing Edge1 2 Width1 2 Delay1 2 Note Delay2 is a delta delay relative to the end of the first pulse Sinc 1 uHz 10 MHz 6Vpp Amplitude Offset Frequency Phase Noi...

Page 40: ... Frequency Phase Exponential Decrease 1 uHz 5 MHz 6Vpp Amplitude Offset Frequency Phase Haversine 1 uHz 10 MHz 6Vpp Amplitude Offset Frequency Phase Arbitrary 1 uHz 60 MHz 6Vpp Amplitude Offset Frequency Phase Note Please consult the updated datasheet to check the right frequency limit specification of your instrument model Note Pulse and Double Pulse maximum frequency can be reached only by setti...

Page 41: ...d the amplitude and offset of the original waveform are lost because the waveform in normalized Anyway the amplitude and offset of the normalized waveform can be modified as for any predefined waveforms Note In Stopped State the instrument stops at zero voltage level for all the waveforms except for Pulse Waveform Stopped State Low Level V if the polarity is positive or High Level V if the polarit...

Page 42: ... Continuous In the Continuous mode when the Run Stop button is pressed the waveform is reproduced continuously until the Run Stop button is pressed again or Waveform Run Mode is changed Marker Out behaviour in Continuous Run Mode In Continuous mode the Marker Out generate a pulse with a duty cycle of 50 at the beginning of each period The Marker have the same frequency of the carrier waveform unti...

Page 43: ...pport the Modulation Run Mode Touching the Type button the modulation type menu opens as shown in the picture below The modulation types are Amplitude Modulation AM Frequency Modulation FM Phase Modulation PM Frequency Shift Keying FSK Phase Shift Keying PSK Pulse Width Modulation PWM The PWM modulation is the only modulation supported by the Pulse waveform The types of modulation are explained in...

Page 44: ...lows to load a Modulating Waveform from file For the file specification please refer to the Import from File section By default the Arbitrary waveform is a cosine function Marker Out behaviour in Modulation Run Mode If the modulating source is Internal the Marker Out generates a square wave synchronous with the modulating waveform The leading edge of this pulse is positioned at the beginning of th...

Page 45: ...dulating shape It is available except for the Noise DC Level Pulse and Double Pulse function The parameter Deviation deg set the maximum phase deviation of the carrier waveform It can vary in the range 0 to 360 degrees Frequency Shift Keying FSK this modulation is a 2 level FSK The carrier frequency switches between the initial carrier frequency and the initial carrier frequency Hop Frequency Hz I...

Page 46: ...owing a law that can be Linear Logarithm Upstair or User Defined The User Defined selection gives the possibility to load the sweep profile from a file The Sweep is available for all function except for Pulse Double Pulse Noise and DC level Marker Out behaviour in Sweep Run Mode In this Run Mode the Marker Out generates a square wave with the rising edge placed at the beginning of each sweep Marke...

Page 47: ...equency from the Start Frequency up to the Stop Frequency Hold s it is the time that the frequency keeps the Stop Frequency Return s it controls the time to decrease the frequency from the Stop Frequency back to the Start Frequency Note the time parameters must meet the following conditions 𝑅𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑅𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 2000 𝑠 Step Number it selects the number of frequency steps of the Upstair Sweep mode ...

Page 48: ...time when the Trigger signal is at High level Burst Mode The burst mode allows to define the behaviour of the instrument after the Trigger reception Touching the Mode button the following menu opens and it is possible to select the burst type 1 Cycles the instrument waits for a Trigger When the trigger is detected it generates one time the carrier waveform then it stops and waits for the next Trig...

Page 49: ...cy period associated to the Noise is the last used one It doesn t affect the generated noise but affects the duration of the burst Note when the instrument is waiting for the first Trigger the Output voltage level keeps the Offset voltage but during the wait state after the first execution the Output voltage level keep the last sample of the carrier waveform In the following picture you can see th...

Page 50: ...ry will be saved In this page it is possible to choose to destination folder to save the current settings The pencil activates the textbox to specify a path The house button on the top left sets the path to home path and the left arrow restores the path to the previous one Note Some file names are reserved for the Memory State accessible by Remote Commands The reserved names are Memory0 afs Memory...

Page 51: ...n of the instrument the file Memory0 afs containing the last setting before the power off is used to update the current instrument settings Remote Control The Remote button located in the Command Bar opens the page of the SCPI server In that page there is the list of all the commands received by the SCPI server and its replies If the text of the command is displayed in green it means that the comm...

Page 52: ...Simple AFG Application 52 In the top of the page the Host Name and the IP Address of the instrument are shown The slider on the right side of the page allows to enable or disable the SCPI server By default it is enabled ...

Page 53: ...e tabs one for each Channel and one for the Device You can swipe left or right to switch among the tabs Touching a channel button or pressing the CHANNEL SEL button on keypad the settings page will switch between the channels tabs Channels Settings Touching the Setting button or the SETTINGS button on keyboard the setting page opens ...

Page 54: ...sing a pseudo random algorithm Note When you set the Noise amplitude please pay attention that Signal Noise does not exceed the amplitude of 6Vpp Internal Noise Use this control to enable or disable the noise added to the output signal Polarity This control allows you to invert the polarity of the output signal High Limit Sets the maximum voltage that the channel generates This limit is verified d...

Page 55: ...or External If it is Internal the DAC sampling clock is generated internally If it is External the DAC sampling clock is synthesized starting from the external clock source provided to to the External Reference SMA connector located in the rear panel The external reference clock frequency must me specified in the Ext Ref Clock MHz parameter Ext Ref Clock MHz This textbox define the External Refere...

Page 56: ...he relative textbox and slider Note The Trigger buttons and the Trigger from remote command are always active independently from the selecting Trigger Source Interval s Set the timer count It has effect only when the selecting Source is Timer The Interval range is from 13 4ns to over 100s Slope The Slope can be positive negative or both When positive is selected the trigger detected when the signa...

Page 57: ... range is 1V to 2 5V on 50Ohm load twice on open load State It enables or disables the Marker Out When the Marker Out is disabled it is forced to 0V Skew s It sets the delay between the marker and the analog channels The skew could assume negative values and the absolute range depends on the Run Mode in Gated Burst it is 3us for all others modes it is 14s Link To The Marker Out frequency is relate...

Page 58: ...eform has been imported it will be available by choosing Arbitrary as waveform type for the Carrier Modulating Sweep of the channel For example if the Cosine txt is imported and assigned as Carrier Wave for the channel 1 than the imported waveform can be selected by choosing Arbitrary as carrier waveform type of the channel 1 To switch between channels you can touch a channel button or press CHANN...

Page 59: ... divided into three areas the Graph Area the Waveform List and the Button Area Below a detailed description of these areas is provided Graph Area shows preview of the waveform A waveform is selected by touching the checkbox in the graph The selected waveform than can be assigned to the Carrier or Modulation Wave or Sweep Profile of the channel by touching one of the 3 buttons Carrier button Modula...

Page 60: ...current channel Sweep assigns the selected waveform to the Arbitrary Sweep profile of the current channel Example how to modulate a carrier with an imported waveform in Burst Run Mode Use the following steps 1 Press the Import button select the import waveform from predefined list or from preferred folder and upload it to Modulation 2 Set Run Mode to Modulation 3 In the Modulation tab press the Sh...

Page 61: ...he input amplitude Press this button in the More menu to open the Channel Coupling page The Channel Coupling section allows you to specify which Channel N coupled channel parameter like frequency amplitude offset etc is related to Channel 1 reference channel parameter by a ratio multiplying and an offset adding The equation of the channel coupling is the following Ch N Parameter CH1 Parameter Rati...

Page 62: ...parameters run mode etc In these cases if the parameter is coupled but the Ratio and the Offset no longer meet the coupling condition the parameter coupling will be automatically disabled For example select a Sine Waveform on CH1 and CH2 set a frequency of 120MHz on CH1 and coupling frequency with Ratio 1 and Offset 0 The result will be a Sine Waveform on CH2 with a frequency of 120MHz If you chan...

Page 63: ...Hz on channel 2 Example Amplitude Offset Coupling 1 Set the Channel 2 coupling button to ON and the coupling parameters will appear 2 Check the Amplitude and the Offset parameter 3 Set Amplitude Ratio to 1 and Offset to 0 4 Set Offset Ratio to 1 and Offset to 0 This coupling configuration ensures that the amplitude and offset parameters on both channels are the same if you move the amplitude or of...

Page 64: ...AC Mains L N L PE N PE 4 EN 61000 4 6 2009 RF Conducted Electromagnetic Field 3Vrms 0 15MHz 80MHz EN 61000 4 11 2004 Mains Dips and Interruptions 0 1 cycle 70 25 cycles 0 250 cycles 4 5 1 To ensure compliance with all applicable EMC standards use high quality shielded interface cables 2 Emissions which exceed the levels required by this standard may occur when the instrument is connected to a test...

Page 65: ...uctivity caused by condensation should be expected Environmental 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 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE and Batteries The instrument is subject to disposal and recycling regulations that vary by cou...

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