Multi Channel Sweep Measurement - Agilent Technologies B1500A User Manual

Table 3-8
Programming Examples for Visual Basic Users

Multi Channel Sweep Measurement

Multi Channel Sweep Measurement
Table 3-8 explains example subprograms that enable/disable measurement channels
(perform_meas), perform the multi channel sweep measurement (sweep_meas), and
save measurement result data into a file (save_data). This example measures bipolar
transistor Ic-Vb and Ib-Vb characteristics.
Multi Channel Sweep Measurement Example 1
Sub perform_meas(vi As Long, ret As Long)
Dim m(3) As Long
m(0) = 2
m(1) = 4
m(2) = 1
ret = agb1500_setSwitch(vi, m(2), 1)
ret = agb1500_setSwitch(vi, m(1), 1)
ret = agb1500_setSwitch(vi, m(0), 1)
check_err vi, ret
sweep_meas vi, ret, m()
ret = agb1500_setSwitch(vi, agb1500_CH_ALL, 0)
check_err vi, ret
End Sub
Line
1 Beginning of the perform_meas subprogram.
3 to 6 Declares variables, and defines the value.
8 to 10 Enables measurement channels.
13 Calls the sweep_meas subprogram (next page) to perform multi
channel sweep measurement.
15 Disables measurement channels.
11 and 16 Calls the check_err subprogram (shown in Table 3-1) to check if
an error status is returned for the previous line.
18 End of the perform_meas subprogram.
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