Single channel arbitrary waveform generator (20 pages)
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DGE1000 Series Single-Channel Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual For product support, visit:www.owon.com.hk/download ※:The illustrations, interface, icons and characters in the user manual may be slightly different from the actual product. Please refer to the actual product.
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General Warranty We warrant that the product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 3 years from the date of purchase of the product by the original purchaser from our company. The warranty period for accessories such as probes, battery is 12 months.
Table of Contents 1. General Safety Requirement ............1 2. Safety Terms and Symbols .............. 2 3. General Inspection ................3 4. Quick Start ..................4 Front Panel Overview ......................4 Rear Panel Overview ......................5 Power On ...........................5 User Interface ........................... 6 5.
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Display Settings ......................31 Brightness Control ....................31 Screen Saver ......................31 Separator .........................31 Channel Settings ......................31 System Settings ......................32 Language ........................ 32 Beeper ........................32 USB Device Type ....................32 Restore to the factory setting ................33 Firmware Update ....................34 6.
1.General Safety Requirement 1. General Safety Requirement Before any operations, please read the following safety precautions to avoid any possible bodily injury and prevent this product or any other products connected from damage. In order to avoid any contingent danger, this product is only used within the range specified.
2.Safety Terms and Symbols 2. Safety Terms and Symbols Safety Terms Terms in this Manual. The following terms may appear in this manual: Warning: Warning indicates the conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life. Caution: Caution indicates the conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property.
3.General Inspection 3. General Inspection After you get a new generator, it is recommended that you should make a check on the instrument according to the following steps: 1. Check whether there is any damage caused by transportation. If it is found that the packaging carton or the foamed plastic protection cushion has suffered serious damage, do not throw it away first till the complete device and its accessories succeed in the electrical and mechanical property tests.
4.Quick Start 4. Quick Start Front Panel Overview Figure 4- 1 Front Panel Overview 1 LCD Display the user interface. Menu Includes 5 keys to activate the corresponding menu. selection keys Operation Mode:output the modulated waveform. keys Change the currently selected value, also used to select 4 Knob the arbitrary waveform types and arb data file name.
4.Quick Start On/Off button Turns the output of the channel on or off. When the output is turned on, the backlight of the button lights up. Waveform Includes: Sine , Square , Ramp , Pulse Selection Noise , Arb Wave area Rear Panel Overview Figure 4- 2 Rear Panel Overview...
4.Quick Start (2) Press the power button on the front panel. The back of the power channel switch will light up, and the buzzer will sound. User Interface Figure 4- 3 User Interface Display channel name. Display load. Current waveform mode. Lights up the indicator when connected to the USB Host via the USB DEVICE interface.
5.Panel Operation 5. Panel Operation Channel Setting Press On/Off on the front panel to turn on/off the corresponding channel output. The backlight of the button will light up when it is set to output. Waveform Setting Sine, square, ramp, pulse, noise or arbitrary waves can be set and output. Press the waveform selection button on the front panel: sine , square , ramp...
5.Panel Operation Set the frequency/period Press the On/Off to enable channel. Press Frequency/Period softkey, the selected menu item is highlighted in white, and a cursor will display on the corresponding parameter item in Parameter 1. Press Frequency/Period softkey to switch the frequency and period.
5.Panel Operation input the desired value and choose the unit. Set the high level Press Amplitude/High Level softkey to confirm whether the High Level menu item is highlighted; if not, press Amplitude/High Level softkey to switch to High Level. In Parameter 2 of Figure 5- 2, a cursor appears in the parameter value of high level.
5.Panel Operation Figure 5- 4:Square wave user interface Output Ramp Wave Press , the screen displays the user interface of the ramp wave. The Ramp waveform parameters can be set by operating the Ramp setting menu on the right. The ramp menu includes: Frequency/Period, Amplitude/High Level, Offset/Low Level, Phase, and Symmetry.
5.Panel Operation Figure 5- 5:Ramp wave user interface Set the symmetry Press Symmetry softkey to confirm whether the Symmetry menu item is highlighted;if not,press Symmetry softkey to switch to Symmetry.In Parameter 5 of Figure 5- 5, a cursor appears in the parameter value of symmetry.
5.Panel Operation Offset/Low Level, Phase, Width/Duty , Rise and Fall. To set the Frequency/Period, Amplitude/High Level, Offset/Low Level, Phase, please refer to Output Sine Wave on page 7. Figure 5- 7:Pulse wave user interface Set the pulse width/duty cycle Press NextPage softkey,and then press Width/Duty softkey to confirm whether the Width menu item is highlighted;if not,press Width/Duty softkey to switch to Width.In Parameter 5 of Figure 5- 7, a cursor appears in the parameter value.
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5.Panel Operation Figure 5- 8:Set the pulse width Glossary Pulse Width PW is an abbreviation for pulse width and is divided into positive pulse width and negative pulse width. The positive pulse width is the time interval from 50% of the rising edge to 50% of the adjacent falling edge.
5.Panel Operation Rise time / Fall time The rise time is defined as the time required for the pulse amplitude to rise from 10% threshold to 90% threshold; The fall time is defined as the time required for the pulse amplitude to fall from 90% threshold to 10% threshold as shown in the figure above.
5.Panel Operation Figure 5- 9:Noise wave user interface Output Arbitrary Wave Press , the screen displays the user interface of the arbitrary wave. The Arbitrary waveform parameters can be set by operating the Arbitrary setting menu on the right. The arbitrary wave menu includes: Frequency/Period, Amplitude/High Level, Offset/Low Level, Phase, Built-in and Store.
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5.Panel Operation waveform points is 8192 points, and the highest upper limit frequency is 10MHz. To select a built-in waveform, the steps are as follows: (1) Press softkey then press NextPage softkey to enter the nextpage menu. (2) Press Build-in softkey to enter the built-in wave menu. (3) Press Common, Medical Treatment, Standard softkeys to select the built-in wave type.
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5.Panel Operation Gauss Gaussian distribution, also known as the normal distribution HaverSine Semi-positive function Base 10 logarithmic function LogNormal Lognormal distribution Lorentz Lorentz function Maxwell Maxwell distribution Rayleigh Rayleigh distribution Versiera Tongue line Weibull Weber distribution Ln(x) Natural logarithmic waveform Square function Round Round wave...
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5.Panel Operation ACotHPro Raised inverse hyperbolic cotangent function Acsc Anti-cosecting function ACscCon Concave inverse cosecting function ACscPro Raised anti-cosecting function AcscH Anti-hyperbolic cosecant ACscHCon Inverse hyperbolic cotangent function ACscHPro Raised inverse hyperbolic cosecant function Asec Inverse cut function ASecCon Inverse tangent function ASecPro Raised arctangent function ASecH...
5.Panel Operation Write and Recall waveform We can use the Line Draw, Hand Draw and Point Edit mode in the Waveform Editor to edit the required waveform, and save and display it on the instrument by writing. (1) Under Waveform Editor software interface, Click "Write waveform lcon "...
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5.Panel Operation stop frequency within the specified sweep time. Sweep can be generated by Sine, Square, Ramp or Arbitrary wave (except DC). Figure 5- 11:Sweep mode user interface How to set the parameters of Sweep (1) When the output signal is Sine, Square, Ramp or Arbitrary wave (except DC), press the front panel Mode function key,then press the Sweep to enter the sweep mode.
5.Panel Operation frequency to the stop frequency and then returns back to the start frequency. Press the Start Freq/Centre Freq softkey to highlight StartFreq, note that StopFreq in Stop Freq/Freq Span is also highlighted, input the desired frequencies. You can also set the frequency boundaries of frequency sweep through center frequency and frequency span.
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5.Panel Operation Figure 5- 12:N-Cycle burst user interface (1) When the output signal is Sine, Square, Ramp, Pulse or Arbitrary wave (except DC), press the front panel Mode function key ,then press the Burst to enter the burst mode. (2) Press , or to select the bust waveform.
5.Panel Operation output N-cycle burst and the burst frequency is determined by the burst period. Burst period is only available when Cycles and Internal trigger is highlighted. Press Burst Period softkey to set the burst period, which is the time from the start of a burst to the start of the next burst. The range is from 20 ns to 500 s (Min = Cycles * Period).
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5.Panel Operation (2) Select carrier wave shape The carrier wave can be Sine, Square, Ramp, or Arbitrary wave (except DC). Press , or to select a desired carrier wave shape. (3) Set carrier wave parameters Press the wave shape key of the selected carrier wave to display the waveform and parameters of the carrier wave.
5.Panel Operation FM (Frequency Modulation) The modulated waveform consists of the carrier wave and the modulating wave. For FM, the frequency of the carrier wave varies with the instantaneous voltage of the modulating wave. The FM user interface is shown below. Figure 5- 14:FM user interface How to set the parameters of FM (1) Press the Mode function key, then press the FM softkey to enter the FM...
5.Panel Operation softkey to select the modulating wave. (5) Set modulating wave frequency Press Frequency softkey to set the modulating wave frequency. The range is 2 mHz – 100 kHz. (6) Set frequency deviation Frequency deviation is the deviation of the modulating wave frequency relative to the carrier wave frequency.
5.Panel Operation DC). Press , or to select a desired carrier wave shape. (3) Set carrier wave parameters Press the wave shape key of the selected carrier wave to display the waveform and parameters of the carrier wave. You can change the parameters of the carrier wave,please refer to on page7.
5.Panel Operation Figure 5- 16:FSK user interface How to set the parameters of FSK (1) Press the Mode function key, press the NextPage softkey, then press the FSK softkey to enter FSK user interface. (2) Select carrier wave shape The carrier wave can be Sine, Square, Ramp, or Arbitrary wave (except DC).
5.Panel Operation Display Settings Brightness Control (1) Press the front panel Utility function key, press the Display softkey. (2) Press the Backlight softkey to select Backlight. (3) Turn the knob to adjust the value on the current cursor, use the direction key to move cursor left or right, or use the numeric keypad to enter the parameter and then select % as unit.
5.Panel Operation For the output of the two channels of the front panel, the generator has a 50Ω fixed serial output impendence. If the actual load does not match the specified value, the voltage level displayed would not match the voltage level of the component under test.
5.Panel Operation (1) Press the front panel Utility function key then press System softkey. (2) Press the USB Dev softkey to toggle between PC and USBTMC. PC: This is the internal communication protocol. Select this option when connecting to the Waveform Editor software via the USB Device interface.
5.Panel Operation Sine Modulating Waveform 100.000 0 Hz AM Frequency 100% Modulation Depth 100.000 0 Hz FM Frequency 100.000 0 Hz Frequency Deviation 100.000 0 Hz PM Frequency 0° Phase Deviation Sweep 1.000 000 s Sweep Time Linear Sweep Type 100.000 0 Hz Start Frequency 1.000 000 kHz...
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5.Panel Operation 3. Visit the company's website on the PC and select the required instrument firmware upgrade package for the corresponding model. Download the “ AG. upp “ file in the firmware upgrade package to the PC, and copy the firmware to the external disk that is displayed.
6.Communication with PC 6. Communication with PC Supports communication with a computer via a USB port. Using the Waveform Editor software installed on the computer, the signal generator can be operated on the computer to control the output and write the file to the signal generator.
7.Troubleshooting 7. Troubleshooting 1. The screen is still black and there is no display after you press the power switch, please follow the steps below: Check whether the power is connected correctly. Check that the voltage selector is in the correct gear. ...
8.Specification 8. Specification All technical specifications are guaranteed when the following conditions are met, unless otherwise stated. The signal generator must be operated continuously for more than 30 minutes at the specified operating temperature (20°C to 30°C) to meet these specifications;...
9.Appendix 9. Appendix Appendix A: Accessories 1 ×DC power adapter 1 × USB power cable 1 × Quick Guide 1 × BNC/Q9 cable 1 × BNC to alligator cable 1 × USB communication cable Appendix B: General Care and Cleaning General Maintenance Do not store or leave the instrument where the liquid crystal display will be...
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