Datasheet

TEK.COM 31
2600B System SourceMeter
®
SMU Instruments
Supplemental Information (All Instruments)
Front Panel Interface Two-line vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) with keypad and rotary knob.
Display Show error messages and user defined messages.
Display source and limit settings.
Show current and voltage measurements.
View measurements stored in dedicated reading buffers.
Keypad Operations Change host interface settings.
Save and restore instrument setups.
Load and run factory and user defined test scripts (i.e. sequences) that prompt for input and send results
to the display.
Store measurements into dedicated reading buffers.
Programming Embedded Test Script Processor (TSP) accessible from any host interface. Responds to individual
instrument control commands. Responds to high speed test scripts comprised of instrument control
commands and Test Script Language (TSL) statements (e.g. branching, looping, math, etc.). Able to
execute high speed test scripts stored in memory without host intervention.
Minimum Memory Available 16 MB (approximately 250,000 lines of TSL code).
Test Script Builder Integrated development environment for building, running, and managing TSP scripts. Includes an
instrument console for communicating with any TSP enabled instrument in an interactive manner.
Requires:
VISA (NI-VISA included on CD)
Pentium III 800MHz or faster personal computer
Microsoft .NET Framework (included on CD)
Microsoft Windows 98, NT, 2000, or XP
Keithley I/O Layer (included on CD)
Software Interface TSP Express (embedded), Direct GPIB/VISA, READ/WRITE for VB, VC/C++, LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, etc.
Reading Buffers Dedicated storage area(s) reserved for measurement data. Reading buffers are arrays of measurement
elements. Each element can hold the following items:
Measurement
Source setting (at the time the measurement was taken)
Measurement Status
Range information
Timestamp
Two reading buffers are reserved for each SourceMeter channel. Reading buffers can be filled using the
front panel STORE key and retrieved using the RECALL key or host interface.
Buffer Size, with timestamp and source setting: >60,000 samples.
Buffer Size, without timestamp and source setting: >140,000 samples.
System Expansion The TSP-Link expansion interface allows TSP enabled instruments to trigger and communicate with each
other. Not applicable for 2604B, 2614B, and 2634B. See figure below:
To Host
Computer
To Nodes 3–64
Node 1 Node 2
Each SourceMeter SMU instrument has two TSP-Link connectors to facilitate chaining instruments
together.
Once SourceMeter SMU instruments are interconnected via TSP-Link, a computer can access all of
the resources of each SourceMeter SMU instrument via the host interface of any SourceMeter SMU
instrument.
A maximum of 32 TSP-Link nodes can be interconnected. Each SourceMeter SMU instrument consumes
one TSP-Link node.