Tektronix Keithley SourceMeter 2470 Reference Manual

Table of contents
2470 High Voltage SourceMeter Instrument
Reference Manual
Menu overview ................................................................................................................... 3-19
QuickSet menu ........................................................................................................................ 3-19
Source menu ........................................................................................................................... 3-20
Measure menu ........................................................................................................................ 3-22
Views menu ............................................................................................................................. 3-27
Trigger menu ........................................................................................................................... 3-32
Scripts menu ........................................................................................................................... 3-35
System menu .......................................................................................................................... 3-36
Display features ................................................................................................................. 3-40
Setting the number of displayed digits .................................................................................... 3-40
Setting the display format ........................................................................................................ 3-41
Customizing a message for the USER swipe screen .............................................................. 3-42
Creating messages for interactive prompts ............................................................................. 3-43
Save screen captures to a USB flash drive ............................................................................. 3-44
Instrument sounds .............................................................................................................. 3-44
Saving setups ..................................................................................................................... 3-45
Save a user setup to internal memory ..................................................................................... 3-45
Save a user setup to a USB flash drive ................................................................................... 3-46
Copy a user setup ................................................................................................................... 3-46
Delete a user setup ................................................................................................................. 3-47
Recall a user setup ................................................................................................................. 3-47
Define the setup used when power is turned on ..................................................................... 3-48
Resets ................................................................................................................................ 3-49
Reset the instrument ............................................................................................................... 3-50
Using the event log ............................................................................................................ 3-50
Information provided for each event log entry ......................................................................... 3-51
Event log settings .................................................................................................................... 3-51
Effects of errors on scripts ...................................................................................................... 3-52
Saving front-panel settings into a macro script .................................................................. 3-53
Recording a macro script ........................................................................................................ 3-53
Running a macro script ........................................................................................................... 3-54
Front-panel macro recording limitations .................................................................................. 3-54
Sourcing and measuring ........................................................................................... 4-1
Test connections .................................................................................................................. 4-1
Basic connections ..................................................................................................................... 4-2
Using the interlock ..................................................................................................................... 4-3
Front- or rear-panel test connections ........................................................................................ 4-5
Two-wire compared to four-wire measurements ....................................................................... 4-7
Test fixtures ............................................................................................................................. 4-14
Output-off state ....................................................................................................................... 4-16
Source-measure overview ................................................................................................. 4-19
Source and measure order...................................................................................................... 4-20
Source and measure through the front panel .......................................................................... 4-20
Source and measure using SCPI commands .......................................................................... 4-31
Source and measure using TSP commands ........................................................................... 4-32
Protection ........................................................................................................................... 4-33
Overvoltage protection ............................................................................................................ 4-34
Source limits ............................................................................................................................ 4-35
Ranges ............................................................................................................................... 4-37
Source range ........................................................................................................................... 4-37
Measurement range ................................................................................................................ 4-39

Tektronix Keithley SourceMeter 2470 Specifications

General

Brand	Tektronix
Model	Keithley SourceMeter 2470
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English