Front And Rear Panel Familiarization; Front Panel Summary - Keithley 6487 User Manual

Model 6487 User's Manual
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Front and rear panel familiarization

Front panel summary

The front panel of Model 6487 is shown in
Figure 1-1
Front panel
CONFIG/
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POWER
Relative — Null offsets or establish baseline values
Buffer — Store up to 3000 points of data in the internal buffer
Limits — Set up to two stages of high and low reading limits to test devices (see
Section 8 of the Reference Manual).
Digital I/O port — Four output lines and one input line to control external cir-
cuitry as an interface between limit tests and component handler. (See Section 8 of
the Reference Manual.)
Remote interface — Model 6487 can be controlled using the IEEE-488 interface
(GPIB) or the RS-232 interface
Voltage source — Internal ±500V voltage source is also used for ohms function
(Section 3).
GPIB programming language — When using the GPIB, the instrument can be
programmed using the SCPI or DDC programming language.
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MATH FILT
LOCAL
MENU
TRIG
COMM DISP
STORE RECALL
SAVE SETUP
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(Section 7).
Figure 1-1.
6487 PICOAMMETER /VOLTAGE SOURCE
V-SOURCE
ZCHK REL OPER
LIMIT
DIGITS RATE
AZERO DAMP EXIT ENTER
Getting Started
(Section 5).
(Section
VOLTAGE
SOURCE
OPERATE
RANGE
AUTO
RANGE
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