Model 8010 High Power Device Test Fixture User's Manual
Section 6: On-state characterization of a power MOSFET
8010-900-01 Rev. C / March 2017
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If error code 1205, "TSP-Link initialization failed (no remote nodes found)," is generated during the
TSP-Link reset, ensure that each SourceMeter instrument has a unique TSP-Link node number.
Example program code
The example code is designed to be run from Test Script Builder. It can also be run from other
programming environments, such as Microsoft
®
Visual Studio
®
or National Instruments LabVIEW
TM
.
However, you may need to make changes to the example code to use other programming
environments.
The following script contains all the code necessary to perform an Rds(on) sweep up to 100 A using
two Model 2651 High Power System SourceMeters and a Series 2600 System SourceMeter
®
Instrument. This script:
•
Initializes the TSP-Link
®
connection
•
Configures the source-measure units (SMUs)
•
Configures the trigger models of the two Model 2651 instruments
•
Prepares the reading buffers
•
Executes the test
•
Returns the collected data in a format that can be copied from the instrument console and pasted
into a Microsoft
®
Excel
®
spreadsheet.
The script is written using Test Script Processor (TSP) functions rather than as a single block of
in-line code. TSP functions are similar to functions in other programming languages, such as
Microsoft
®
Visual C
®
or Visual Basic
®
. They must be called before the code in them is executed.
Because of this, running the script alone will not execute the test. To execute the test, you need to
run the script to load the functions into test script memory. You then call the functions.
Refer to the documentation for Test Script Builder for directions on how to run scripts and enter
commands using the instrument console.
The script contains comments. The comments describe what is being performed by the lines of code.
They also document the functions in the script. Lines starting with
node[2].
are commands that are
being sent to the Model 2651 on node 2 through the TSP-Link interface. Lines starting with
node[3].
are commands that are being sent to the Series 2600 through the TSP-Link interface. All
other commands are executed on the master Model 2651 on
node
[1]
.