2-18 Keysight B2900 User’s Guide, Edition 5
Introduction
Operation and Functions
Source/Measurement Capabilities
Sweep Measurement
• Number of sweep steps: 1 to 100000. Or 1 to 2500 for the following B2900.
• B2900 series without the license “SWS”
• B2900 series with the firmware revision 3.0 or earlier
• B2901A with the serial number MY51140470 or below
• B2902A with the serial number MY51140683 or below
• B2911A with the serial number MY51140213 or below
• B2912A with the serial number MY51140498 or below
• Sweep mode: linear, logarithmic (log), or list
• Sweep direction: single or double
• Type: DC or pulse
• Minimum programmable value to create list sweep waveform:
B2901A/B2902A: 20 s with 1 s resolution
B2911A/B2912A: 10 s with 1 s resolution
Digitizing/Sampling Measurement
Digitizing/sampling measurement can be performed by appropriate setting of
measure speed and trigger interval.
Minimum trigger interval (maximum speed of measurement):
B2901A/B2902A: 20 s (50000 points/s)
B2911A/B2912A: 10 s (100000 points/s)
Data Buffers
Data buffers are array of measurement elements. Each elements hold the following
values.
• Measured voltage
• Measured current
• Measured resistance