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Front panel operation
Programming examples: pulse current measurements
The following command sequence will return the average of 10 peak pulse current
measurements:
Battery channel (#1)
Command
Description
SENS:RANG 5
‘ Select 5A range.
VOLT 15
‘ Set output voltage to 15V.
CURR 0.75
‘ Set current limit to 750mA.
OUTP ON
‘ Turn output on.
SENS:PCUR:SYNC ON
‘ Enable trigger synchronization.
SENS:PCUR:AVER 10
‘ Set average count to 10.
SENS:PCUR:SYNC:TLEV:RANG 0.5
‘ Select the 1A trigger level range.
SENS:PCUR:SYNC:TLEV:ONE 0.1
‘ Set trigger level to 100mA for 1A trigger level
range.
SENS:PCUR:TIME:AUTO
‘ Set integration times automatically.
SENS:PCUR:SYNC:DEL 50e-3
‘ Set trigger delay to 50msec.
SENS:FUNC “PCUR”
‘ Select pulse current function.
SENS:PCUR:MODE HIGH
‘ Configure to measure peak pulse.
READ?
‘ Trigger 10 measurement conversions and return
the average of those 10 conversions. The average
of the 10 conversions is displayed on the front
panel. Each of the 10 conversions syncs to the
rising edge.
