Trigger Modes
Waveform Types
Advanced modes of
Operation
81150A and 81160A User's Guide
The trigger modes are explained below in subsequent sections:
Continuous
External Triggered
External Gated
Internal Triggered
Manual
See Selecting Trigger Mode section for more details.
The standard waveforms include: Pulse, Sine, Noise, Square, Ramp and
Arbitrary.
The predefined arbitrary waveforms include: Exponential rise, exponential
fall, sin(x)/x, cardiac, gaussian, haversine, negative ramp, and DC.
There are three advanced modes of operation available:
Modulation: Selects the modulation type from AM, FM, PM, FSK,
PWM.
Sweep: For frequency sweeps.
Burst: Repeats selected waveform n times.
The following sections provide more details on the modulation types.
The Store/Recall key can be used to store to/recall from 1 to 4 individual
settings in the instrument memory. In the internal memory location 0 there
is a default setting stored.
The Utility key enables you to enable/disable DC mode, change the Output
Setup, and also contains information about the I/O Interfaces and the
system settings of the 81150A / 81160A.
The Help key provides access to the instrument's integrated help or in
warning or error state, access to Warning/Error Report screen.
Front-Panel Menu Operation
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