Keithley 2651A Reference Manual page 154

Model 2651A High Power System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
Pulse train example:
The programming example below illustrates how to use two timers: One to control the pulse period, a
second to control the pulse width. The example configures the timers and SMU as follows:
Timer 1: Pulse period timer
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Set delay attribute to the desired pulse period (see the following figure).
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Configure the timer to start when the sweep is initiated.
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Enable the pass-through attribute so that the timer generates a trigger event at the start of the
first delay.
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Set the count equal to one less than the total number of pulses to output.
Pulse Width
(pulse is on)
(Timer 2)
Timer 2: Pulse width timer
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Set the delay attribute to the desired pulse width (see the following figure).
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Set the stimulus input to Timer 1's event ID (the start of each pulse is the start of the pulse
period).
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Set the count equal to 1 so that only one pulse is issued per period.
SMU A
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Set the source stimulus input to Timer 1's event ID so that the source action starts when the
period starts.
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Set the end pulse action to smua.SOURCE_IDLE so that the output is returned to the idle level
after the pulse completes.
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Set the end pulse stimulus input to Timer 2's event ID so that the end pulse action executes when
the pulse width timer expires.
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Set the trigger count equal to 1.
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Set the arm count equal to the total number of pulses to output.
2651A-901-01 Rev. A / March 2011
Figure 50: Pulse train
Pulse delay
(pulse is off)
1
Pulse period
(Timer 1)
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