Specifications

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Usin
g
The Instrument
Overview ........................................................ 3-1
Output Termination ................................................ 3-1
Input/Output Protection ............................................. 3-1
Power On/Reset Defaults ........................................... 3-1
What To Do Now.................................................. 3-2
Usin
g
the APPL
y
Command ......................................... 3-3
Output Confi
g
uration Commands ..................................... 3-7
Selectin
g
An Output Function T
y
pe ................................. 3-7
Selectin
g
a Standard Function Shape ............................... 3-8
Chan
g
in
g
the Frequenc
y
and Sample Clock .......................... 3-8
Selectin
g
the Sample Clock Source ................................. 3-9
Pro
g
rammin
g
the Output Amplitude and Offset ........................ 3-9
Selectin
g
the Filter T
y
pe ......................................... 3-10
Activatin
g
the Backplane ECLTRG and TTLTRG ...................... 3-10
Assi
g
nin
g
the Validatin
g
Source For TTLTRG ..................... 3-12
Enablin
g
the Main Output ......................................... 3-12
Enablin
g
the SYNC Output ....................................... 3-13
Assi
g
nin
g
the Source For the SYNC Output ...................... 3-13
Selectin
g
the SYNC Position .................................. 3-14
Usin
g
the Built-In Standard Waveforms ................................ 3-14
Selectin
g
An Operatin
g
Mode ........................................ 3-17
Tri
gg
ered Mode ................................................ 3-17
Gated Mode ................................................... 3-18
Burst Mode .................................................... 3-19
Selectin
g
the Tri
gg
er Source ........................................ 3-19
Usin
g
the Internal Tri
gg
er Generator ................................ 3-20
Selectin
g
the Tri
gg
er Slope ....................................... 3-20
Selectin
g
the Tri
gg
er Level ....................................... 3-21
Usin
g
the Soft Tri
gg
er ........................................... 3-21
Generatin
g
Arbitrar
y
Waveforms ..................................... 3-21
What Are Arbitrar
y
Waveforms .................................... 3-21
Arbitrar
y
Memor
y
Mana
g
ement .................................... 3-22
Memor
y
Mana
g
ement Commands .................................. 3-22
Loadin
g
Arbitrar
y
Waveforms ...................................... 3-23
Reversin
g
B
y
te Order ........................................ 3-25
Usin
g
Shared Memor
y
....................................... 3-25
Sequence ....................................................... 3-27
Generatin
g
Sequenced Waveforms ................................... 3-27
What Are Sequenced Waveforms .................................. 3-27
Sequence Commands ........................................... 3-29
Tri
gg
ered Sequence Advance ..................................... 3-30
Tri
gg
ered Sequence Advance Commands ........................... 3-31
Backplane Inter-Module S
y
nchronization ............................... 3-31
Front-Panel Phase S
y
nchronization ................................... 3-33
PLL Commands .................................................. 3-33
Usin
g
the Frequenc
y
Counter ........................................ 3-34
Usin
g
the Phase Modulation Input .................................... 3-35
Amplitude Modulation Commands .................................... 3-35
S
y
stem-Related Commands ......................................... 3-36
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