Introduction
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Agilent L4532A/ 34A Service Guide
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Sampling and Measuring Capabilities
The digitizer captures one data record (a selected number of samples) per trigger, and stores it in
sample memory. You can query the digitizer to download data from the sample memory, and can
specify:
In d ivid u al ch an n els or r an ges of (on e, two or fou r ) ch an n els; fou r
ch an n els on L4534A on ly)
In d ividu al samp les or r an ges of samp les
In d ividu al r ecor ds or r an ges of r ecord s.
All samples in memor y
The digitizer can calculate the following measurements from the sample data:
Volt age levels
Min imu m Volt age
Maximum Volt age
Peak- t o- Peak Volt age
Base Volt age
Top Volt age
Amp litu d e
Aver age Valu e
RMS Aver age
Lower Thr eshold Level
Midd le Th r eshold Level
Up per Thr eshold Level
Time- based measur emen ts
Rise Time
Fall Time
Pulse Wid th
Per iod
Du ty Cycle
Fr equ en cy
Pr eshoot
Over shoot
Detailed instructions on sampling and measurement, with definitions of these measurements,
command language syntax and examples, are provided in the Agilent L4532A/34A User's Guide.
