Keithley 6482 - Event Detection

6482-901-01 Rev. A / August 2012 Return to Section Topics 8-3
Model 6482 Dual-Channel Picoammeter / Voltage Source Reference Manual Section 8: Triggering
Figure 8-1
Front-panel operation of the trigger model
Event detection
Operation through the trigger model is delayed at the event detector until the programmed trigger
event occurs. If an event detector has a bypass, operation can be programmed to loop around the
event detector.
Idle
Bypass
arm event
detector
?
Another
arm
?
Arm-In
event
Arm event
detector
SOURCE
action
Delay event
detector
Measure event
detector
MEASURE
action
NEVER
Arm-out events
No
ONCE
No
Trigger out events
ONCE
On/Off
Arm
counter
+ 1
Idle
Arm
layer
NEVER
CONV = Reading conversion
CONV
CONV
CONV
Filter
process
(repeat)
MEASURE
action
IMMEDIATE
TRIGGER-LINK
+ = Bench default
=
Output trigger
+
+
+
+
Trigger-in
source
DELAY
action
Trigger out events
Turn output ON
Yes
Yes
Trigger out event
ON/OFF+
ON/OFF+
ON/OFF+
ON/OFF+
ON/OFF+
+ON/OFF
Bypass
source event
detector
?
Another
trigger
?
+ IMMEDIATE
GPIB
TIMER
MANUAL
TLINK
STEST
STEST
STEST
Source event
detector
Trigger delay
+ 0.0 s
+ 0.0005 s
Trigger
counter
+ 1
Trigger
layer