Chapter 3 Programming Your Universal Counter for Remote Operation

Elements of SCPI Commands

Suffix Multipliers

Table 3-2 lists the suffix multipliers that can be used with suffix elements (except PCT and DEG).

Table 3-2. Suffix Multipliers

DEFINITION

MNEMONIC

NAME

 

 

 

1E18

EX

ETA

 

 

 

1E15

PE

PETA

 

 

 

1E12

T

TERA

 

 

 

1E9

G

GIGA

 

 

 

1E6

MA ( or M for OHM and HZ)*

MEGA

 

 

 

1E3

K

KILO

 

 

 

1E-3

M (except for OHM and HZ)*

MILLI

 

 

 

1E-6

U

MICRO

 

 

 

1E-9

N

NANO

 

 

 

1E-12

P

PICO

 

 

 

1E-15

F

FEMTO

 

 

 

1E-18

A

ATTO

 

 

 

*The suffix units, MHZ and MOHM, are special cases that should not be confused with <suffix multiplier>HZ and <suffix multiplier>OHM.

Command Terminator

A command may be terminated with a <new line> (ASCII character decimal 10), an EOI (End-of-Identify) asserted concurrent with last byte, or an EOI asserted concurrent with a <new line> as the last byte.

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