HP 53131A, 132A manual Command Terminator, Suffix Multipliers

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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