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- Page 1 AD INSTRUMENTS AD8660 Series Fully Numerical Control Dual Channel Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator User’s Manual Rev1.0 May,2019...
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Page 3: Guaranty And Declaration
●Any part of this document is forbidden to be copied or photocopied or AD INSTRUMENTS rearranged without prior written approval of Contact Us If you have any problem or requirement when using our products or this manual, please contact INSTRUMENTS. Tel： 0034 916613037 E-mail：info@adinstruments.es Website：www.adinstruments.es AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
Enable Sweep Function ..................34 System Configuration and Auxiliary Functions ..........35 Save and Load ......................36 Configuration ......................37 Uplink ........................38 Synchronization ....................... 39 Troubleshooting ....................40 Technical Specification ..................41 Appendix ......................46 AD8660 Series User’s Manual... - Page 5 AD INSTRUMENTS AD8660 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 6: Product Introduction
64 groups of user-defined waveforms. Preset waveforms: Sine, Square, Rectangle (Duty Cycle adjustable), Pulse (Pulse width and cycle time can be set accurately), Triangle/Ramp, CMOS(0~12V), Four channels TTL, Exponential Rise, Exponential Fall, Noise, ECG, DC etc. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... - Page 7 Channel SYNC Function: Support waveform copy and state copy between channels. u Support two or more signal generators connected to achieve multi-channel output, the maximum support 16-channel synchronous output, the phase between each channel can be adjusted. AD8660 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 8 Provide powerful waveform editing PC software. Users can download arbitrary waveform to this instrument after edit through PC program which is included in user CD. u Adopt ABS plastic shell with table type design. Use 100-240V (AC) wide range voltage power supply. AD8660 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 9: Quick Start
In case of any damage, or defect, or failure, notify your AD INSTRUMENTS sales representative. 3 ． Check the accessories Please check the accessories according to the Appendix C ( packing lists). If the accessories are incomplete or damaged, please contact your INSTRUMENTS sales representative. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 10: Front Panel Overview
— Set multimachine uplink. — Switch Master-Slave status — Set default status of dual channels at start-up. — Trigger and modulation function button — Set definite amount of pulse string to output. — Set modulation mode: ASK, FSK, PSK AD8660 Series User’s Manual... - Page 11 CH2 connector, output impedance is 50Ω. output When CH2 channel activates (indicator illuminates), CH2 outputs connector signal with parameters set. AC coupling BNC connector, input impedance 100Ω. For inputting signal of meter or measuring counter. terminal AD8660 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 12: Back Panel Overview
4. Power switch and Power input socket(voltage range AC100V-AC240V). Warning To avoid instrument damage, voltage of signal input from EXT.IN CANNOT exceed ±20Vac+dc.Voltage of signal input from Trig/FSK/ASK/PSK IN CANNOT exceed DC5V. Note To ensure the normal work, please use 100-240V AC power supply. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 13: Power On And Inspection
If the generator cannot work normally, please check the Chapter “Troubleshooting” for solution. Set the System Language AD8660series Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator supports Chinese and English system languages. You can press SYS→CONF to switch the system language. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 14: User Interface
Display On/Off status of current channel. It can be switched by Press CH1 or CH2. Waveform Display diagram of current waveform（Including Arbitrary）. Yellow indicates CH1 and blue indicates CH2. Manu Bar Display current operable options . AD8660 Series User’s Manual... - Page 15 Display parameters of the channel unselected including frequency, amplitude, offset, phase, duty cycle and output status. These Parameters cannot be changed directly in this interface. If you need to change them, Please switch the channel to be selected. AD8660 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 17: Front Panel Operations
CH1 and CH2 can not be selected at the same time. Users can first select CH1 and then select CH2 after configuring the waveform and parameters of CH1. If you need to change the parameters of two channel at same time, please refer to Chapter “Synchronization”. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 18: Select Waveform
√ √ √ √ √ √ Duty Cycle √ Note: Arbitrary waveforms can be edited and downloaded from PC software provided by INSTRUMENTS. The relevant software and driver can be downloaded from our website: www.AD INSTRUMENTS.com AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 19: Set Frequency
ADJ Knob to set the value. Press Arrows button to move the cursor and rotate ADJ Knob to set the value. Under setting frequency status, press ADJ Knob to change frequency units among MHz, KHz, Hz, mHz, μHz. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 20: Set Amplitude
According to the figure above, the conversion relation between Vpp and Vrms fulfills the following equation: Vpp = 2 Vrms For example, if the current amplitude is 5Vpp, For sine waveform, the converted value is 1.768Vrms. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 21: Set Offset
Knob to set the value. The offset accuracy is 1mV. i.e. 0.001V. When frequency output is lower than 20MHz, the offset can be adjusted during -12V~+12V. When frequency output is higher than 20MHz, the offset can be adjusted during -2.5V~+2.5V. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 22: Set Duty Cycle (Rectangle)& Set Pulse Wave Pulse Width (Adj-Pulse)
(Note: Do not set the length of the positive pulse width greater than or equal to the cycle time of the output waveform). AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 23: Set Phase
Then press PHAS button to highlight phase value. Then use Arrows button and ADJ Knob to set the value. Press Arrows button to move the cursor and rotate ADJ Knob to set the value. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 24: Enable Output
CH2, then press CH2 to switch between output ON/OFF. 4) Generator is in other working status or current channel selected is not CH2, then press CH2 to make CH2 as channel selected and press CH2 again to switch between output ON/OFF. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 25: Example：output Sine Waveform
Press CH1 button to turn CH1 output on. The [CH1] connector outputs the configured waveform. 8. Observe the output waveform Connect the [CH1] connector to the oscilloscope with BNC cable. The waveform is as shown below. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... - Page 26 AD INSTRUMENTS AD8660 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 27: Burst
Press the [WAVE] button to change the current burst output signal waveform. Press the [FREQ] button to change the current burst output signal frequency. Press the [AMPL] button to change the current burst output signal amplitude. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 28: Modulation Function
Source Internal (CH2), External (FSK IN Port), Manual Modulating Waveform Square with 50% duty cycle. Key Frequency 1μHz~10MHz Source Internal (CH2), External (PSK IN Port), Manual Modulating Waveform Square with 50% duty cycle. Key Frequency 1μHz~10MHz AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 29: Frequency Meter/Counter
ZERO button to reset. Key Point： Amplitude of signal inputted should be bigger than 1.5V. Maximum safe voltage inputted from Input and Trig IN is 5V. The Uplink function need to be turned off when using Counter/Meter. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 30: Set The Counter
Set the coupling mode of the input signal to “AC” or “DC” and the default is “AC”. When the AC coupling mode is selected, signal should be inputted from Input terminal. When the DC coupling mode is selected, signal should be inputted from Trig IN terminal. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 31: Sweep
In Offset Sweep Mode, the generator will output signal variably from start offset to end offset within the specified sweep time. l In Duty Cycle Sweep Mode, the generator will output signal variably from start duty cycle to end duty cycle within the specified sweep time. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 32: Sweep Start Position
START ： 00.00V l Duty Cycle Sweep: Press STAR button to highlight start duty cycle parameter. Press the Arrow buttons and rotate the ADJ Knob to set the specified value. For example: START ： 50.0% AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 33: Sweep End Position
Arrow buttons and rotate the ADJ Knob to set the specified value. For example: END：10.00V l Duty Cycle Sweep: Press END button to highlight end duty cycle parameter. Press the Arrow buttons and rotate the ADJ Knob to set the specified value. For example: END：80.0% AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 34: Vco (Voltage Control Output) Sweep
Note: Signal input for External Sweep (VCO) need to be input from VCO IN port of back panel. Its frequency need to be less than 500 Hz and its voltage amplitude need to be among 0~5V. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 35: Sweep Type
P=10 stop sweep T=t+lg(F )/lg(P) start Wherein, t is the time from the start of the sweep and its range is from 0 to T sweep. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 36: Enable Sweep Function
100mHz to 25MHz~60MHZ (Varies according to different model) Square： 100mHz to 25MHz Ramp： 100mHz to 10MHz Arbitrary：100mHz to 10MHz The generator will restart sweep (according to the current new configuration) from the specified “start frequency” after start or end frequency is changed. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 37: System Configuration And Auxiliary Functions
CH1 channel. CH2 BOOT: ON The default CH2 channel is on to turn on the output state，can press the [ F2 ] button to set the default output status of the CH2 channel. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 38: Save And Load
Select S xx on the right to save current parameters to corresponding position. Select L xx on the right to load parameters from corresponding position to current system status. l AD8660provides 20 positions for saving. l The generator will load default parameters from Position 01 automatically after start-up. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 39: Configuration
Press BUZZ button to turn on/off buzzer. On is the default. l Press M/S button to set uplink mode: Master/Slave. Master is the default. l Press UPLI button to turn on/off uplink function. Off is the default. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 40: Uplink
When the setting above has been finished, all machines in network will work synchronously according to the start phase of master machine. When outputting signal with same frequency, multi channels output can be executed with phase adjustable. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 41: Synchronization
When AMPL is highlighted, the amplitude of CH2 will vary according to variation of CH1. When OFFS is highlighted, the offset of CH2 will vary according to variation of CH1. When DUTY is highlighted, the duty cycle of CH2 will vary according to variation of CH1. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 42: Troubleshooting
4) Check whether the indicators of CH1 or CH2 is turned on. If not press corresponding button to turn it on. 5) If the problem is still, please contact INSTRUMENTS. AD8660 Series User’s Manual... -
Page 43: Technical Specification
64 sets customer-defined waveform. Can store 64 user-defined arbitrary waveforms, (8K 14bits) * 64 Non-Volatile Storage Waveform Length 8192 points * 14bits Sampling Rate 250MSa/s Vertical Resolution 14 bits Harmonic ≥50dBc(<1MHz); ≥45dBc(1MHz~20MHz); Suppression Sine Total Harmonic <0.5% (20Hz~20kHz,0dBm) Distortion AD8660 Series User’s Manual... - Page 44 CMOS Output Low Electric Level <0.3V High Electric Level 1V~12V Rise/Fall Time ≤18ns External Measurement Function Frequency, Period, Positive/Negative Pulse Width, Duty Cycle Input Voltage Range 1Vpp~20Vpp Resolution 0.01Hz (Gate Time = 100S) Frequency Meter Range 0.01Hz~100MHz AD8660 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 45 Sine, Square, Triangle, Ramp, Arbitrary waveform Depth 0% to 120% Modulating Frequency Internal : 1μHz~1MHz; External: 1μHz~2KHz; Source Internal (CH2) / External (VCO IN Port) Modulating Waveform Sine, Square, Triangle, Ramp, Arbitrary waveform Modulating Frequency Internal : 1μHz~1MHz; External: 1μHz~2KHz; AD8660 Series User’s Manual...
- Page 46 Temp.: 0~40℃, Humidity: ﹤80% Environment Size 200mm * 190mm * 90mm (L * W * H) Weight 850g Package Size 25cm * 21cm * 10cm (L * W * H) Package Weight 0.98kg(Main engine, accessories and packing materials) AD8660 Series User’s Manual...
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Page 48: Appendix
(including all the costs, expenses, attorney fees etc.) that may result in. Appendix C ： Accessories and Options Description Quantity Model AD8660 Series DDS Signal Generator Power Cable USB Data Cable Standard BNC-Clip Cable Accessories...
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