Tektronix AWG610

Operating Basics

AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-5

Figure 2–4 shows the rear panel signal and power connectors.

 To prevent damage to the instrument, only apply signals within the

stipulated range to the INPUT connector.

Do not apply any external voltage to the OUTPUT connector.

Rear Panel

Contents

Main Page Page Page AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual i TableofContents Getting Started Operating Basics Tutorials Reference Menu Structures The Setup Menu Screen The Graphical Waveform Editor The Pattern Editor Quick Editing The Table Editor The Equation Editor The Sequence Editor The APPL Menu The UTILITY Window Waveform Programming Language Appendix C: Inspection and Cleaning C1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Command Descriptions Programming Examples File Conversion File Management FG Mode Index ListofFigures Page Page Page Page ListofTables Page Page Page General Safety Summary To AvoidFire or Personal Injury Symbols and Terms Preface Manual Structure Conventions Related Manuals Contacting Tektronix Page Getting Started Product Description Main Features Additional Features Incoming Inspection Power Cord Options Accessories Standard Accessories Optional Accessories Getting Started AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 1-5 Table1-4: Optional accessories (cont.) Options Installation Option 10 (78 Mbyte Flash Disk) Environment Check Fuse Check Voltage Settings Connect Power Cord Standby Power Page Power On Repackaging for Shipment PowerOn Diagnostics Power Off Page Operating Basics Controls and Connectors Front Panel 2-2 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Figure 2-1: Front panel controls AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-3 Figure 2-2: Front panelkeypad area 2-4 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual TRIGGER controls Figure 2-3: Front panel trigger and output controls FORCE EVENT button VERTICAL controls HORIZONTAL controls Page 2-6 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Figure 2-4: Rear panel signal and powerconnectors Menu Operations Menu System Menu Elements Page Page Numeric Input The General Purpose The Numeric Keypad Page Text Input Shortcut Controls File Management File Type Extensions Locating Files Copying Files Renaming Files Deleting Files Read Only Attribute Saving Files Page Double Windows Window Operation Operation in Double Windows Quick View Page Editor Overview Editor Modes Main Edit Screen Loading a Waveform File to Edit Creating a New Waveform Editor Screen Elements Cursors and Editing Page Multiple Editor Windows Quitting Editors Setup Overview Main Setup Screen 2-34 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table2-12: Setup screen parameter icons Table2-13: Setup bottom menu buttons Loading a Waveform File to Output Viewing a Waveform Editing a Waveform Setting Waveform Output Parameters 2-38 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table2-14: Setup output parameter operations (cont.) Outputting a Waveform Saving and Restoring Setup Parameters Theory of Operation Interconnect Diagram AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-41 Block Diagram Page AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-43 Figure 2-28: AWG610block diagram Page Signal Edit Process Waveform Data Structure Waveform Edit Quick Edit Tutorials Page Tutorial 1: Instrument Setup Display the UTILITY Menu Set the Date and Time Adjust Screen Brightness Tutorial 2: Loading and Outputting a Sample Waveform Display the SETUP Menu Load a Sample Waveform View the Sample Waveform Output the Waveform Tutorial 3: Creating and Editing Standard Function Waveforms Reset the Instrument Open the Waveform Editor Create a Sine Wave Page Page Math Operation Save the Waveform Output the Waveform Page Tutorial 4: Editing a Waveform Using Quick Editor Open the Quick Editor Edit a Waveform Page Save Changes Tutorial 5: Using the Equation Editor Load an Equation File Edit the Equation Save the Edited Equation Compile the Equation Tutorial 6: Creating and Running Waveform Sequences Creating Waveforms Page Open the Sequence Editor Create the Subsequence Page Save the Subsequence Create the Main Sequence Page Page Set Run Mode Load and Run the Sequence Files Run the Sequence Files Page Reference Overview Process Flow Menus Menu Structures 3-4 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Setup Menu Hierarchy AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-5 3-6 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-7 3-8 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-9 3-10 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual EDIT Menu Hierarchy AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-11 3-12 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-13 3-14 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-15 3-16 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-17 3-18 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-19 3-20 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-21 EDIT (cont.) 3-22 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual EDIT (cont.) AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-23 3-24 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-25 Appl cont. 3-26 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-27 Utility 3-28 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual The Setup Menu Screen Setup Menu Screen Elements The Setup Menu Screen 3-30 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table3-2: Waveform parameter icons Table3-3: Setup bottom menu buttons The Waveform/SequenceMenu Load... The Vertical Menu View Edit... Filter Amplitude Offset The Horizontal Menu Marker... Output Clock Clock Ref Marker 1 / Marker 2 Delay The Run Mode Menu Continuous Gated Triggered Enhanced The Trigger Menu Source Slope (or Polarity) Trigger Level Impedance Interval The Save/Restore Menu Save Setup Restore Setup Waveform, Pattern and Sequence Waveform Output Automatic Reloading of Output Files Waveform Files and Sample Clock Rates Starting and Stopping Output Turning Channel Output On and Off The Graphical Waveform Editor Editor Screen Elements 3-46 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-47 Table3-7: Waveform editor screen elements (cont.) The File Menu New Waveform, New Pattern Open... Save, Save As... Insert From File... Close The Operation Menu Standard Waveform AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-51 Table3-10: Standard Function Waveform dialog box parameters Cut Copy Paste (Insert) Paste (Replace) Multiple Paste... Set Data High/Low Horizontal Shift... Horizontal Rotate... Vertical Shift... Expand... Vertical Scale... Horizontal Invert... Vertical Invert... Clip... Shift Register Generator... Page Page Set Pattern... Page Page The Tools Menu Numeric Input... Page 3-64 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table3-13: Mathematical function commands (cont.) AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-65 Table3-13: Mathematical function commands (cont.) Compare... Convolution... Correlation... Digital Filter... Page Resampling... Code Convert... XY View... Page The Zoom/Pan Menu The Window Menu The Settings Menu Page 3-76 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table3-22: Setup general parameters The Pattern Editor About Waveform and Pattern Files Starting the Pattern Editor The File Menu The Operation Menu The Tools Menu Code Conversion Process Code Conversion Table Code Conversion Mechanism The Zoom/Pan Menu Executing Conversion The Window Menu The Settings Menu The Undo! Command Selecting Data Bits to Edit Defining Edit Area Creating a Pattern Creating Standard Patterns Importing Data From Files Set Pattern... Page Numeric Input... Quick Editing Screen Display Quick Edit Mode Quick Edit Mechanism About Smoothing Quick Controls Starting Quick Edit VERTICAL SCALE Knob VERTICAL OFFSET Knob HORIZONTAL SCALE HORIZONTAL OFFSET Exiting Quick Edit Setting Parameters Moving the Cursor Interpolating Method Range of Smoothing Position of Center of Vertical Extent Renewing Edit Buffer About Undo Page The Table Editor Opening The Table Editor Editing The Table Data Page Page The Equation Editor Starting the Equation Editor The Equation Editor 3-104 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Figure 3-23: Equation editor window Table3-29: Equation editor screen elements Using the Equation Editor FrontPanel Edit Controls Selecting Text Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text Entering Keywords and Functions Using an External Keyboard Compiling Equations Compiling from the Equation Editor Compiling from the EDIT Menu The Sequence Editor Starting the Sequence Editor The Sequence Editor 3-112 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table3-33: Sequence table columns Sequence Table Editing Cursor Movement Inserting a Line Cutting a Line Copying a Line Sequence Table Fields Pasting a Line Line CH 1 Repeat Count Wait Trigger Goto One Logic Jump Page Page Page Software Jump Limitations on Using Sequences Page Page Page The APPL Menu Disk Application Page Page Page Code Conversion Isolated Pulse Creating Isolated Pulse Page 3-132 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Superpose Parameters Generating Waveform Saving to File Network Application Page Page Page Line Code Conversion Isolated Pulse AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-139 Table 340 lists the standard defined superpose network parameters. Table3-40: Network parameters Superpose Parameters Generating Waveform Saving to File Jitter Composer Application Page Page Page Page Jitter composer parameters AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-147 1010 Figure 3-46: Jitter parameters and jitter waveform 1111000 0111100 00...... . 1111000011110000....... Page The UTILITY Window External Keyboards Setting General Purpose Knob Direction About Key Operation Formatting a Floppy Disk Displaying Disk Usage CRT Brightness Displaying Instrument Status Internal Clock (Date and Time) Factory Reset Resetting the Instrument Connecting to a GPIB Network Secure Setting GPIB Parameters Page Ethernet Networking Connecting to the Ethernet Testing the Network Connection Network Parameter Mounting Remote File Systems Page FTP Link Hardcopy Hardcopy Settings Running Hardcopy Calibration and Diagnostics Saving Hardcopy to a File Calibration Page Poweron Diagnostics Manual Diagnostics The UTILITY Window 3-168 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Table3-45: Diagnostic categories and error codes (cont.) Upgrading the System Software Upgrade Procedure Page Capturing Waveforms Possible Instruments Basic Concept on Communication for Capturing Procedures for Capturing Waveforms About Transferred Files Page Waveform Programming Language Command Syntax General Syntax Rules UserDefined Variables Waveform Files Waveform Expression Page Command Descriptions Bpf( ) Brf( ) Code( ) Conv( ) Copy( ) Corr( ) Data( ) Delete( ) Diff( ) Expand( ) Extract( ) For (Control Statement) Hpf( ) If (Control Statement) Integ( ) Join( ) Lpf( ) Math Functions Command Descriptions AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 3-191 Table3-47: Programming language math functions (cont.) Math Operators Norm( ) Pn( ) Rename( ) Variables (predefined) Write( ) Programming Examples Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Page Example 4 Example 5 Example 6 Example 7 Example 8 Page Page Page File Conversion Import Page Export Convert between Waveform and Pattern Executing File Conversion Page File Management Command Summary Path Name File Operations Selecting a Drive Moving Directories Making Directory Selecting Files Copying Files Renaming Files File Operation in Double Windows Deleting One or All Files Moving Files Assigning Attribute to Files Window Operation Operation in Double Windows Page Page Page FG Mode Change the generator mode AWG mode to FG mode FG mode to AWG mode Waveform type Output parameters Page Marker signal Frequency and Resolution Save/Restore Setup Page Appendix A: Specifications Performance Conditions A-2 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Electrical Specification TableA-1: Operationmodes TableA-2: Arbitrarywaveforms TableA-3: Clock generator AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual A-3 TableA-3: Clock generator (Cont.) TableA-4: Internal trigger generator TableA-5: Main output A-4 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual TableA-5: Mainoutput (Cont.) AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual A-5 TableA-6: Filter A-6 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual TableA-7: Auxiliary outputs AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual A-7 TableA-8: Funcion Generator(FG) DC Level A-8 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual TableA-9: Period Jitter accuracy TableA-10: Cycle to Cycle JItter accuracy TableA-11: Auxiliary inputs AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual A-9 TableA-11: Auxiliary inputs (Cont.) TableA-12: Display and timer Page AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual A-11 TableA-17: Environmental Page AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual A-13 Certification and Compliances Page Appendix B: Performance Verification Conventions Page Self Tests Diagnostics Calibration Page Page Performance Tests Prerequisites Equipment Required AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-9 TableB-2: Test equipments (cont.) Figure B-3: EVENT IN connector pins and signals andground closure connector Loading Files Performance Check/Adjustment Files B-12 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual TableB-3: Waveformsand sequencesin performancecheck disk (cont.) AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-13 AWG610 TestRecord B-14 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-15 B-16 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Operating Mode Tests Check Cont Mode Check Triggered Mode AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-19 Figure B-6: Triggeredmode initial test hookup 4. Set the oscilloscope controls as follows: Page AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual B-21 Figure B-7: Relationship between trigger signal andwaveform output Check Gated Mode 2. Set the function generator (AFG310) controls as follows: 1. Set the oscilloscope controls as follows: Page Page Amplitude and Offset Accuracy Tests (Normal Out) Check Amplitude Accuracy Page Page Check Offset Accuracy Page Amplitude, Offset Accuracy and Rise Time Tests (Direct DA Out) Check Amplitude and DC Offset Page Check Pulse Rise Time Page Page Pulse Response Tests Page Sine Wave Tests Page Internal Trigger Tests Page Trigger Input Tests Page Page Page Page Event Input and Enhanced Mode Tests Check Event Input with Strobe Off Page Page Page Page Check Strobe Input Page 1/4 Clock Frequencyand10 MHz Reference Input Tests Check1/4Clock frequency Check10MHzReference Input 1/4 Clock Output LevelTests Page 10 MHz Reference Output LevelTests Page Marker Output Tests Page Page Marker Delay Tests Page Page Page Appendix C: Inspection and Cleaning Inspection Exterior Page Appendix D: Sample Waveforms D-2 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Waveform File Descriptions AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual D-3 TableD-3: Lorentz pulse TableD-4: Sampling function SIN(X)/X pulse D-4 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual TableD-5: Squared sine pulse TableD-6: Double exponential pulse AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual D-5 TableD-7: Nyquist pulse D-6 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual TableD-8: Linear frequency sweep 2pf1t)2pf2 TableD-9: Log frequency sweep 2pf1 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual D-7 TableD-10: Amplitude modulation TableD-11: Frequency modulation D-8 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual TableD-12: Pulse width modulation TableD-13: Pseudorandom pulse TableD-14: Waveform for magnetic disk signal AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual D-9 TableD-15: Isolated pulse for disk application TableD-16: Isolated pulse for disk application D-10 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual TableD-17: Isolated pulse for disk application TableD-18: Isolated pulse for network application Page Page Appendix E: File Transfer Interface Outline Page Appendix F: Miscellaneous Sampling Theorem Differentiation Page Integration Convolution Correlation Page Code Conversion Examples Page Page Appendix F: Miscellaneous AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual F-11 Appendix F: Miscellaneous F-12 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Code Conversion Table Text Files Appendix G: Sequence File Text Format Header Line Descriptions Jump Settings Page Examples AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Index-1 Index Numbers A B C D AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Index-3 E F Index-4 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual G H I J K M N Index-6 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual O P AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Index-7 Q R S Index-8 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual Index-9 T U Index-10 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual V W X Z