Models 2601B, 2602B and 2604B System SourceMeter
®
Instrument Specifications
Specifications are subject to change without notice
8 of 13 SPEC-2602B Rev. B / February 2014
MEASUREMENT SPEED CHARACTERISTICS
20,21
Maximum sweep operation rates (operations per second) for 60 Hz (50 Hz):
A/D
converter
speed
Trigger
origin
Measure to
memory
(using user
scripts)
Measure to
GPIB
(using user
scripts)
Source
measure to
memory
(using user
scripts)
Source
measure to
GPIB
(using user
scripts)
Source
measure to
memory
(using sweep
API)
Source
measure to
GPIB
(using sweep
API)
0.001 NPLC Internal
20000
(20000)
9800
(9800)
7000
(7000)
6200
(6200)
12000
(12000)
5900
(5900)
0.001 NPLC Digital I/O
8100
(8100)
7100
(7100)
5500
(5500)
5100
(5100)
11200
(11200)
5700
(5700)
0.01 NPLC Internal
4900
(4000)
3900
(3400)
3400
(3000)
3200
(2900)
4200
(3700)
4000
(3500)
0.01 NPLC Digital I/O
3500
(3100)
3400
(3000)
3000
(2700)
2900
(2600)
4150
(3650)
3800
(3400)
0.1 NPLC Internal
580
(480)
560
(470)
550
(465)
550
(460)
560
(470)
545
(460)
0.1 NPLC Digital I/O
550
(460)
550
(460)
540
(450)
540
(450)
560
(470)
545
(460)
1.0 NPLC Internal
59
(49)
59
(49)
59
(49)
59
(49)
59
(49)
59
(49)
1.0 NPLC Digital I/O
59
(49)
59
(49)
59
(49)
59
(49)
59
(49)
59
(49)
Maximum single measurement rates (operations per second) for 60 Hz (50 Hz):
A/D converter speed Trigger origin Measure to GPIB
Source measure to
GPIB
Source measure
pass/fail to GPIB
0.001 NPLC Internal 1900 (1800) 1400 (1400) 1400 (1400)
0.01 NPLC Internal 1450 (1400) 1200 (1200) 1100 (1100)
0.1 NPLC Internal 450 (390) 425 (370) 425 (375)
1.0 NPLC Internal 58 (48) 57 (48) 57 (48)
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Tests performed with a Model 2602B using the following equipment: Computer hardware (Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM, National
Instruments™ PCI-GPIB); driver (NI-488.2 Version 2.2 PCI-GPIB); software (Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP, Microsoft
®
Visual Studio
®
2010, VISA™
version 4.1).
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Exclude current measurement ranges less than 1 mA.