
2600AS-900-01 Rev. B / September 2008
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Series 2600A System SourceMeter® Instruments User’s Manual
Section 2: Remote Operation
Using Visual Basic
User interface
The GUI (graphical user interface) shown in
was created to demonstrate how to
control a Keithley Instruments Series 2600A SourceMeter
®
instrument using Visual Basic 6.0.
Source code for this example program can be downloaded from the Keithley Instruments internet
site, www.keithley.com.
Figure 2-12
Visual Basic example user interface
Using the Series 2600A as a traditional GPIB instrument
The following pseudocode describes how the Series 2600A will be configured and controlled to
source voltage and measure current for this example. Some of the settings are default values
restored by resetting the instrument, but they are included to show a typical setup and measure
sequence that might be used for such a test.
1.
Reset Series 2600A to default settings.
2.
Set display to show SMU A source and limit settings.
3.
Set display to show current measurement.
4.
Set source function to DCV.