The Graphical Waveform Editor
3-46 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User ManualTable 3–7 provides a description of the Waveform editor screen elements.Table3-7: Waveform editor screen elements Element Description
Active cursor position The position of the active cursor in the data record relative to the start of
the data record. Position is stated as point location or time depending on
the horizontal unit set with the Settings menu.
Clock frequency The clock frequency (sample rate) used to calculate the pointĆtoĆpoint
time interval between each data point. This value is set in the Settings
menu.
Note that this value is not the output waveform frequency.Output
frequency is calculated as follows:
Freqout =Freq
clk / points per waveform cycle
CursorĆtoĆcursor
distance
The number of data points or time between the left and right cursors.
Distance is stated as points or time depending on the horizontal unit set
with the Settings menu.
Waveformrecord
length
The record length of the entire waveform file, in points. Record length is
always shown as points regardless of the horizontal unit set with the
Settings menu. The default value is 1000 points.
Edit area position bar The edit area position bar is relative to the position of the displayed edit
area in the entire record length. This helps you determine where you are
in a waveform record when you do zoom operations on the display area.
Window number The edit window number is from one to three. The maximum number of
editor windows you can open at one time is three.
Knob icon The knob icon is displayed when you can use the general purpose knob
to change a highlighted field.
Left cursor position
field and data value
The position of the left cursor and the data value at that position. Cursor
position 0 is the start of the data record. Position is stated as point
location or time depending on the horizontal unit set with the Settings
menu.
Youuse the TOGGLE frontĆpanel button to select between the left or
right cursor.When the left cursor is active, you can use the general
purpose knob or the Keypad buttons to change the cursor position.
Marker display The marker display is a graphical representation of the marker data
values.
Right cursor position
field and data value
The position of the right cursor and the data value at that position.
Cursor position 0 is the start of the data record. Position is stated as
point location or time depending on the horizontal unit set with the
Settings menu.
Youuse the TOGGLE frontĆpanel button to select between the left or
right cursor.When the right cursor is active, you can use the general
purpose knob or the Keypad buttons to change the cursor position.