Tektronix KEITHLEY SourceMeter 2606B Reference Manual page 10

Model 2606B System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
Mode ....................................................................................................................................... 7-11
Pulse width .............................................................................................................................. 7-11
Trigger configuration on hardware lines .................................................................................. 7-11
Action overruns on hardware lines .......................................................................................... 7-13
Timers ................................................................................................................................ 7-13
Timer attributes ....................................................................................................................... 7-13
Triggering a timer .................................................................................................................... 7-14
Timer action overruns ............................................................................................................. 7-15
Using timers to perform pulse mode sweeps .......................................................................... 7-15
Event blenders ................................................................................................................... 7-21
Event blender modes .............................................................................................................. 7-21
Assigning input trigger events ................................................................................................. 7-22
Action overruns ....................................................................................................................... 7-22
LAN triggering overview ..................................................................................................... 7-22
Understanding hardware value and pseudo line state ............................................................ 7-22
Understanding LXI trigger event designations ........................................................................ 7-23
Generating LXI trigger packets ................................................................................................ 7-23
Command interface triggering ............................................................................................ 7-24
Trigger generator ............................................................................................................... 7-24
Manual triggering ............................................................................................................... 7-25
Interactive triggering ........................................................................................................... 7-25
Detecting trigger events using the wait() function .................................................................... 7-25
Using the assert function to generate output triggers .............................................................. 7-26
Using the release function of the hardware lines ..................................................................... 7-26
Using the set function to bypass SMU event detectors ........................................................... 7-27
Event detector overruns .......................................................................................................... 7-27
Examples using interactive triggering ...................................................................................... 7-28
Hardware trigger modes..................................................................................................... 7-29
Falling edge trigger mode ....................................................................................................... 7-30
Rising edge master trigger mode ............................................................................................ 7-31
Rising edge acceptor trigger mode ......................................................................................... 7-31
Either edge trigger mode ......................................................................................................... 7-32
Understanding synchronous triggering modes .................................................................. 7-33
Synchronous master trigger mode (SynchronousM) ............................................................... 7-33
Synchronous acceptor trigger mode (SynchronousA) ............................................................. 7-35
Synchronous trigger mode ...................................................................................................... 7-36
Digital I/O ........................................................................................................................... 7-37
Port configuration .................................................................................................................... 7-37
Digital I/O configuration ........................................................................................................... 7-38
Controlling digital I/O lines....................................................................................................... 7-38
Using output enable ................................................................................................................ 7-40
TSP-Link trigger lines ......................................................................................................... 7-41
Remote TSP-Link trigger line commands ................................................................................ 7-42
Theory of operation ................................................................................................. 8-1
Source-measure concepts ................................................................................................... 8-1
Limit principles .......................................................................................................................... 8-1
Overheating protection .............................................................................................................. 8-2
Operating boundaries ................................................................................................................ 8-3
Guard ...................................................................................................................................... 8-12
Analog-to-digital converter ................................................................................................. 8-14
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