User manual

Series 2600B
System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual Section 1:
Introduction
2600BS-901-01 Rev. B / May 2013 1-3
Capabilities and features
All Series 2600B System SourceMeter
®
instruments have the following features:
• 4.5, 5.5, or 6.5 digit display resolution
• Resistance and power measurement functions
• Four-quadrant sink or source operation
• Contact check function (not available on the Models 2604B, 2614B, and 2634B)
• High-capacitance mode for load impedance up to 50 µF (microfarads)
• Linear, logarithmic, and custom sweeping and pulsing
• Filtering to reduce reading noise
• Trigger model supports extensive triggering and synchronization schemes at hardware speeds
• Internal memory stores five user setup options
• Dedicated reading buffers that can each store and recall over 140,000 measurements; additional
dynamic reading buffers can be created
• USB flash drive access for saving data buffers, test scripts, and user setups
• Digital I/O port: Allows the Series 2600B to control other devices (Digital I/O lines not available on
the Models 2604B, 2614B, and 2634B)
• Web-based characterization tool that provides easy access to data gathering, sweeping, and
pulsing features
• LXI
®
version 1.4 Core 2011 compliance
• Embedded TSP scripting engine accessible from any host interface; responds to high-speed test
scripts comprised of instrument control commands
• TSP-Link
®
expansion bus that allows TSP-enabled instruments to trigger and communicate with
each other; advanced Test Script Processor (TSP
®
) scripting engine features enable parallel
script execution across the TSP-Link network (not available on the Models 2604B, 2614B, and
2634B)
• Supports IEEE-488 (GPIB), RS-232, Universal Serial Bus (USB), and ethernet local area network
(LAN) connections