11. When the display shows “IMPEDANCE: 50”, select HIZ and press ENTER. (Setting is
ignored in this example.)
12. When the display shows “AMPL:” select 1.0000V and press ENTER.
13. When the display shows “CHAN2:” select ISINE and press ENTER.
The display should read approximately 0.2 %THD.
To illustrate why the 2016 needs to know the exact source frequency, perform the following:
1. Press THD-MEAS and press ENTER once.
2. When the display shows “FREQ:”, select SET and press ENTER.
3. For the frequency, enter 01.0002kHz and press ENTER four times.
The display should read approximately 0.02 %THD and will be unstable. Note that the setting
for the function generator did not change.
Using the steps listed previously, return to the THD-MEAS menu and select ACQUIRE for
the frequency mode. The readings will return to approximately 0.02 %THD.
To perform this example remotely, send these commands:
*RST ;start from defaults
:sens:func ‘dist’ ;select distortion function
:sens:dist:type thd ;select THD type
:sens:dist:harm 2 ;set highest harmonic to 2
:unit:dist:perc ;select percent distortion
:sens:dist:sfil none ;no shaping filter
:sens:dist:rang:auto on ;turn on autoranging
:outp:freq 1000 ;set frequency to 1kHz
:outp:imp HIZ ;set high impedance source
:outp:ampl 1 ;set one volt
:outp:chan2 isine ;select inverted sine
:outp on ;turn on source
:read? ;trigger one reading, the distortion measurement can be read from
the bus
:sens:dist:rms? ;return the RMS volts value corresponding to the above
measurement
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