Chapter 3 Programming Your Universal Counter for Remote Operation

Programming Examples

To Optimize Throughput (HP BASIC) (Continued)

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OUTPUT @Count;":INIT:CONT ON"

! Put counter in Run mode

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OUTPUT @Count;"FETCH:FREQ?"

! Fetch the frequency to be used

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ENTER @Count USING "#,K";Dummy$

! for the expected frequency.

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OUTPUT @Count;":FREQ:EXP1 ";VAL(Dummy$)!Tell the counter what frequency

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! to expect on Ch 1. This number

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! must be within 10% of the input

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! frequency. Using this greatly

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! increases throughput. When

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! high throughput is not needed,

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! the expected value is not

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! required.

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FOR I=1 TO 200

 

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TRIGGER @Count

! Trigger the counter and read

630ENTER @Count;A$(I)

640NEXT I

650 FOR I=1 TO 10

! Print first 10 measurements

660PRINT A$(I),

670NEXT I

680END

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