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Section 3: Basic Operation
Series 2600A System SourceMeter® Instruments Reference Manual
Setting the compliance limit
Front panel compliance limit
Set the compliance limit from the front panel as follows:
1.
For the Model 2601A/2611A/2635A or the Model 2602A/2612A/2636A single-channel
display mode, press the
LIMIT
key to directly access compliance editing.
2.
For the Model 2602A/2612A/2636A dual-channel display mode, press the
LIMIT
key, then
select
CURRENT
or
VOLTAGE
as desired. Press
ENTER
or the
navigation wheel.
3.
Press the
navigation wheel
, set the compliance limit to the desired value, and then press
ENTER
or the
navigation wheel
to complete editing.
4.
Press
EXIT
to return to the normal display.
Remote compliance limit
summarizes basic commands to program the compliance limit. See
for more
details on these commands. To program the compliance, simply send the command using the
desired parameter. For example, the following commands set the current and voltage compliance
to 50mA and 4V respectively:
smua.source.limiti = 50e-3
smua.source.limitv = 4
The following command prints the compliance state:
print(smua.source.compliance)
Table 3-2
Maximum compliance values
Model 2601A/2602A
Model 2611A/2612A
Model 2635A/2636A
Source
range
Maximum
compliance
value
Source
range
Maximum
compliance
value
Source
range
Maximum
compliance
value
100mV
1V
6V
40V
3A
3A
3A
1A
200mV
2V
20V
200V
1.5A
1.5A
1.5A
100mA
200mV
2V
20V
200V
1.5A
1.5A
1.5A
100mA
100nA
1µA
10µA
100µA
1mA
10mA
100mA
1A
3A
40V
40V
40V
40V
40V
40V
40V
40V
6V
100nA
1µA
10µA
100µA
1mA
10mA
100mA
1A
1.5A
200V
200V
200V
200V
200V
200V
200V
20V
20V
1nA
10nA
100nA
1µA
10µA
100µA
1mA
10mA
100mA
1A
1.5A
200V
200V
200V
200V
200V
200V
200V
200V
200V
20V
20V