User manual

3152B User Manual Publication No. 980935 Rev. M
1-6 Introduction Astronics Test Systems
Figure 1-4, ArbConnection Pulse Composer Example
Figure 1-5, ArbConnection Serial Data Composer Example
General
Description
This section describes the 3152B general features and
performance, as well as output functions, run modes, and
functions.
Output
Waveforms
The 3152B is a digital waveform generator that creates virtually any
type of waveform. Unlike conventional function and pulse
generators, the
3152B creates waveforms digitally and stores them
in memory. A clock generator then
clocks the data from memory to
a digital to analog converter (DAC) to convert the digital data to an
output waveform. Since the waveform memory is volatile, its
data is
lost when you turn off the instrument. However, you may create as
many waveforms as de
sired on the host computer, and quickly
download them to the 3152B memory as needed.
The memory size is large enough for most applications. However,