Keithley 2450 User Manual

Model 2450
Interactive SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual Table
of Contents
Configuration lists ............................................................................................................... 3-33
Instrument configuration .......................................................................................................... 3-33
What is a configuration list? .................................................................................................... 3-33
What is a configuration point? ................................................................................................. 3-35
What settings are stored in a configuration list? ...................................................................... 3-35
Creating, storing, and performing operations on configuration lists and points ....................... 3-39
Using the front panel for configuration list operations ............................................................. 3-39
Using remote commands for configuration list operations ....................................................... 3-43
Sweep operation ................................................................................................................ 3-51
Linear staircase sweep ........................................................................................................... 3-51
Logarithmic staircase sweep ................................................................................................... 3-52
Setting up a sweep .................................................................................................................. 3-52
Aborting a sweep .................................................................................................................... 3-57
Sweep programming examples ............................................................................................... 3-58
Increasing the speed of sweeps .............................................................................................. 3-61
Digital I/O ........................................................................................................................... 3-62
Digital I/O port ......................................................................................................................... 3-62
Controlling digital I/O lines....................................................................................................... 3-66
Limit testing and binning .................................................................................................... 3-68
Limit testing using the front-panel interface ............................................................................. 3-68
Set up a limit test using the remote interface .......................................................................... 3-70
Triggering ........................................................................................................................... 3-91
Continuous measurement triggering ....................................................................................... 3-91
Trigger key triggering .............................................................................................................. 3-91
Trigger model triggering .......................................................................................................... 3-91
Switching between measurement methods ............................................................................. 3-92
Understanding synchronous triggering modes ........................................................................ 3-92
Trigger model ..................................................................................................................... 3-95
Trigger model building blocks.................................................................................................. 3-95
Predefined trigger models ..................................................................................................... 3-104
Assembling trigger model building blocks ............................................................................. 3-106
Running the trigger model ..................................................................................................... 3-107
Using trigger events to start actions in the trigger model ...................................................... 3-109
Trigger timers ........................................................................................................................ 3-116
TSP-Link System Expansion Interface ............................................................................ 3-118
TSP-Link connections ........................................................................................................... 3-118
TSP-Link nodes ..................................................................................................................... 3-120
Master and subordinates ....................................................................................................... 3-121
Initializing the TSP-Link system ............................................................................................ 3-121
Sending commands to TSP-Link nodes ................................................................................ 3-122
Using the reset() command ................................................................................................... 3-122
Terminating scripts on the TSP-Link system ......................................................................... 3-123
Triggering using TSP-Link synchronization lines................................................................... 3-123
Running simultaneous test scripts ......................................................................................... 3-123
Using Model 2450 TSP-Link commands with other TSP-Link products ................................ 3-129
TSP-Net ........................................................................................................................... 3-130
Using TSP-Net with any ethernet-enabled instrument .......................................................... 3-131
Remote instrument errors...................................................................................................... 3-132
TSP-Net instrument commands: General device control ...................................................... 3-132
TSP-Net instrument commands: TSP-enabled device control .............................................. 3-133
Example: Using tspnet commands ........................................................................................ 3-133
Source-measure considerations .............................................................................. 4-1
Circuit configurations ............................................................................................................ 4-1

Keithley 2450 Specifications

General

Brand	Keithley
Model	2450
Category	Test Equipment
Language	English