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Programming Your Instruments 6

Agilent Connectivity Guide 151

Example: Simple Sine Waveform (C# and VISA COM)

This program selects the function as “sine,” and then sets the frequency,

amplitude and offset of the waveform for an Agilent 33220A. The

program is written in C# and VISA COM.

using System;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Collections;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Windows.Forms;

using System.Data;

namespace WindowsApplication1

{

/// <summary>

/// Summary description for Form1.

/// </summary>

public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form

{

private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;

private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox USBInstrument;

/// <summary>

/// Required designer variable. “USBInstrument” is a VISA alias

/// for the 33220A Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator.

/// </summary>

private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

public Form1()

{

// Required for Windows Form Designer support

InitializeComponent();

NOTE

“VISA COM 3.0 Type Library” corresponds to GlobMgr.dll.

Once you have selected C# in Visual Studio, click Project > Add

Reference... . Select the COM tab. Scroll down the list of components

presented, and select VISA COM 3.0 Type Library.