Tektronix KEITHLEY 2600B Series

Series 2600B System SourceMeter® instrument Reference Manual Table of contents
Reading buffers ........................................................................................................ 3-1
Overview .............................................................................................................................. 3-1
Front-panel reading buffer control ........................................................................................ 3-1
Reading buffer options .............................................................................................................. 3-2
Configuring reading buffers ....................................................................................................... 3-2
Appending or overwriting existing reading buffers ..................................................................... 3-4
Storage operation ...................................................................................................................... 3-4
Saving reading buffers .............................................................................................................. 3-5
Recalling readings ..................................................................................................................... 3-6
Remote reading buffer programming ................................................................................... 3-7
Dedicated reading buffer designations ...................................................................................... 3-8
Dedicated reading buffer example ............................................................................................ 3-8
Reading buffer commands ........................................................................................................ 3-9
Buffer status ............................................................................................................................ 3-15
Dynamic reading buffers ......................................................................................................... 3-15
Dynamically allocated buffer example ..................................................................................... 3-16
Triggering ................................................................................................................. 4-1
Triggering ............................................................................................................................. 4-1
Remote triggering overview ................................................................................................. 4-1
Using the remote trigger model ................................................................................................. 4-3
SMU event detectors ............................................................................................................ 4-8
Clearing SMU event detectors .................................................................................................. 4-8
Using the TRIG key to trigger a sweep ..................................................................................... 4-8
Using trigger events to start actions on trigger objects ...................................................... 4-10
Action overruns ....................................................................................................................... 4-10
Digital I/O port and TSP-Link synchronization lines ........................................................... 4-11
Mode ....................................................................................................................................... 4-11
Pulse width .............................................................................................................................. 4-12
Trigger configuration on hardware lines .................................................................................. 4-12
Action overruns on hardware lines .......................................................................................... 4-13
Timers ................................................................................................................................ 4-14
Timer attributes ....................................................................................................................... 4-14
Triggering a timer .................................................................................................................... 4-15
Timer action overruns ............................................................................................................. 4-15
Using timers to perform pulse mode sweeps .......................................................................... 4-16
Event blenders ................................................................................................................... 4-22
Event blender modes .............................................................................................................. 4-22
Assigning input trigger events ................................................................................................. 4-23
Action overruns ....................................................................................................................... 4-23
LAN triggering overview ..................................................................................................... 4-23
Understanding hardware value and pseudo line state ............................................................ 4-23
Understanding LXI trigger event designations ........................................................................ 4-24
Generating LXI trigger packets ................................................................................................ 4-24
Command interface triggering ............................................................................................ 4-25
Trigger generator ............................................................................................................... 4-25
Manual triggering ............................................................................................................... 4-26
Interactive triggering ........................................................................................................... 4-26