3 53210A Measurements
100 Keysight 53210A User’s Guide
The commands used to make period measurements are:
MEASure:PERiod? [{<expected>|MINimum|MAXimum|DEFault}
[,{<resolution>|MINimum|MAXimum|DEFault}]][,<channel>]
CONFigure:PERiod [{<expected>|MINimum|MAXimum|DEFault}
[,{<resolution>|MINimum|MAXimum|DEFault}]][,<channel>]
– expected is the expected input signal period. resolution is the desired
measurement resolution in seconds. The parameter ranges are:
expected (channel 1): 2.8 nsec to 10 sec (default = 100 nsec)
expected (channel 2 Option 106): 160 psec to 10 nsec (default = 2 nsec)
expected (channel 2 Option 115): 66 psec to 3.33 nsec (default = 2 psec)
resolution (all channels): 1.0E-15 * expected to 1.0E-5* expected
(default
resolution corresponds to a 0.1s gate time)
–
channel is counter channel 1 or 2 specified as (@1) or (@2).
Period Measurement Examples
// using MEASure? - measure the period of a 100 ns (10 MHz)
// signal with 12-digit resolution
*RST // reset to start from known state
MEAS:PER? 100E-9, 1E-12, (@1)
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// using CONFigure - measure the period of a 100 ns (10 MHz)
// signal with 12-digit resolution
*RST // reset to start from known state
SYST:TIM 1.0 // 1s measurement timeout (per meas)
CONF:FREQ 100E-9, 1E-12, (@1)
SAMP:COUN 10 // take 10 readings
READ?
Notes
1 See Chapter 5 for information on triggering and number of readings per
trigger (sample count).
2 See Chapter 4 for additional information on counter threshold levels and on
configuring the input signal path.
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