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Section 7: Generating an I-V sweep on an LED with KickStart Model 2461 Interactive SourceMeter® Instrument User's Manual
7-6 2461-900-01 Rev. A / November 2015
5. Click Select Instrument in the bottom left corner of the screen. If the Model 2461 is configured
properly, it appears in the Instrument Configuration panel.
6. Right-click Model 2461:1 and select Add Instrument. Information about the connected Model
2461 appears in the bottom half of the Instrument Configuration panel.
Figure 38: Select instrument in the Instrument Configuration
7. At the bottom of the screen, click Select Test Type. The Test Types panel opens on the left side
of the screen, showing the available test types.
8. Right-click the IV Characterizer test type and select Add Test Type. The Source Measure
Settings screen opens.
9. Use the values in the following tables to specify the source and measure parameters for this
application (you can change these values for your own application).
Source settings
Parameter
Value
Source Mode
Voltage Sweep
Sweep Type
Linear
Start Voltage
2
Stop Voltage
3.7
Step Voltage
0.05
# Of Steps
This is automatically completed based on the
step voltage setting. For this example, the value
is 35.
Current Limit
7
Delay Seconds
0.01
Measure settings
Parameter
Value
Current Measure
Enabled, Auto Range
Voltage Measure
Enabled, Programmed Value