4 Remote Interface Reference
240 Keysight 33210A User’s Guide
Arbitrary Waveform Commands (Option 002)
See also “Optional Arbitrary Waveforms (Option 002)” starting on page 127 in
Chapter 3.
Arbitrary Waveform Overview
The following is an overview of the steps required to download and output an
arbitrary waveform over the remote interface. The commands used for arbitrary
waveforms are listed on page 242. Refer to Chapter 7, "Tutorial", for more
information on the internal operation of downloading and outputting an arbitrary
waveform.
1 Download the waveform points into volatile memory.
You can download from 1 point (a dc signal) to 8,192 (8K) points per waveform.
You can download the points as floating-point values, binary integer values, or
decimal integer values. Use the DATA command to download floating-point
values from -1.0 to +1.0. Use the DATA:DAC command to download binary
integer or decimal integer values from
-8191 to +8191.
To ensure that binary data is downloaded properly, you must select the order
in which the bytes are downloaded using the FORM:BORD command.
Arbitrary waveforms are optionally available with the 33210A (Option 002). To
upgrade your 33210A to include arbitrary waveform functionality, go to
www.keysight.com/find/33210U.
You can download waveforms of up to 8,192 (8K) points into the
Keysight 33210A from your PC.
Chapter 6, "Application Programs", includes an example program showing how
to download an arbitrary waveform into the Keysight 33210A.
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