Keysight M8190A - 3.7 Sequencer Execution Flow

3 Sequencing
104 M8190A User’s Guide
3.7 Sequencer Execution Flow
The given drawing shows an overview of the different trigger modes and the interaction
with some of the conditional inputs.
Programming
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Trigger Mode
Armed
Start First
Segment / Sequnce
Armed
Gate (Rising)
Enable
Armed
Self Armed
Y
N
Continuous
Gated
Triggered
Y
N
Self Armed
Armed
Enabled
Y
N
Armed
Trigger (Edge)
Self Armed
Armed
Enabled
Y
N
Segment / Sequence Generation
Y
N
Gate (Falling), End of Sequence (Triggered)
Stopped
RUN
Adv Event
Adv Event
Figure 3-8: Sequencer execution flow
RUN is moving the instrument from the programming mode to execution mode.
Dependent from the selected trigger mode, the behavior in Armed mode is different. In
trigger mode Continuous, the enable signal is used to control the execution of the first
segment or sequence. In trigger mode Gated or Triggered, the enable is used as an
additional start input.