Agilent Technologies 6800 manual power amplifier arbitrary waveform generator

Introduction to the Agilent 6800 AC Power Source/Analyzer

The 6800 series ac power source/analyzers are members of the Agilent Technologies “One-Box” Solution power products family. These products offer an integrated solution for ac power testing applications.

The 6800 series combines the functionality of the following instruments in one box:

•power amplifier

•arbitrary waveform generator

•power analyzer

•harmonic analyzer

•waveform digitizer

The power amplifier and arbitrary waveform generator capabilities produce waveforms with programmable amplitude, frequency, and wave- shape. Each model has pre-programmed sine, square, and clipped sine waveshapes. For added flexibility, twelve user-defined waveforms can be created and stored in non-volatile memory.

Waveforms can be programmed using the 6800 series transient generation system to simulate sophisticated and repeatable ac line disturbances or output sequences.

The power analyzer and harmonic analyzer capa- bilities provide high precision measurements including:

•rms, dc, ac+dc voltage and current

•peak voltage and current

•real, apparent, and reactive power

•harmonic analysis of voltage and current wave- forms providing amplitude and phase up to the 50th harmonic

•total harmonic distortion

•triggered acquisition of digitized voltage and current

The 6800 series can be used in bench or ATE appli- cations. The fully featured front panel and built-in GPIB and RS-232 interfaces allow you to program waveforms, measure parameters, and monitor the status of the ac power source/analyzer.

Each model features a SCPI (Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments) command set. This industry standard command set simplifies test sys- tem development by offering command set common- ality between all types of instrumentation. Instru- ments performing the same function use the same self-documenting SCPI instructions. For example, the same commands are used to program a wave- shape on the 6800 series ac power source/analyzers as on a function generator. Because you spend less time learning device commands, you can get your application up and running faster.

The following sections of this product note explain how to optimize your usage of the features of the 6800 series products. At the end of this product note there are practical examples that show how these features can be applied.

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