Creating and Downloading Waveform Files

Waveform Memory

Volatile and Non-Volatile Memory (N5182A)

Table 5-4 N5182A Volatile (BBG) and Non-Volatile (Internal Storage and USB Media) Memory

Volatile (BBG) Memory

Non- Volatile (Internal Storage and USB

Media) Memory

Option

Size

Option

Size

N5182Aa

651/652/654 (BBG)

8 MSa (40 MB)

 

Standard (N5182A)

100 MSa (512 MB)

 

 

 

 

 

019

64 MSa (320 MB)

 

USB memory stick

user determined

 

 

 

 

 

a.On the N5182A, 512 bytes is reserved for each waveform’s header file (i.e. The largest waveform that could be played with a N5182A with Option 019 (320 MB) is: 320 MB – 512 = 319,999,488 MB.)

Volatile Memory and Non-Volatile Memory (E4438C and E8267D Only)

NOTE When considering volatile memory, it is not necessary to keep track of marker data, as this memory is consumed automatically and proportionally to the I/Q data created (i.e. 1 marker byte for every 4 bytes of I/Q data).

On the E4438C and E8267D, the fixed file system overhead on the signal generator is used to store directory information. When calculating the available volatile memory for waveform files it is important to consider the fixed file system overhead for the volatile memory of your signal generator.

Table 5-5 Fixed File System Overhead

Volatile (WFM1) Memory and Fixed File Overhead

Option

Size

 

Maximum

Memory (Bytes) Used for

Memory Available

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

Fixed File System

for Waveform

 

 

 

 

 

Files

Overheada

Samples

 

 

 

 

 

(MaxNumFiles)

[16 + (44 x MaxNumFiles)]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E4438C and E8267D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

001, 601 (BBG)

8

MSa (40 MB)

1024

46,080

8,377,088 Samples

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

002

(BBG)

32

MSa (160

MB)

4096

181,248

33,509,120 Samples

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

602

(BBG)

64

MSa (320

MB)

8192

361,472

67,018,496 Samples

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a.The expression [16 + [44 x MaxNumFiles]) has been rounded up to nearest memory block (1024 bytes). (To find the I/Q waveform sample size, this resulting value needs to be divided by 4.)

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N5183A, N5183A MXG, E8663B, N5181A/82A specifications

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