Info!! Z+ - Generating Arbitrary Waveforms

Arbitrary waveform generators are used to examine electrical together with electronic equipment to ensure that the production operates properly, or to pivot quest a item fault.  These tin live on used either repetitively or every bit a 1 time solely (single-shot).  The waveforms tin live on triggered to run past times an external event, a signal from roughly other slice of equipment for example, manually using the front end panel controls or past times using the GUI interface.  An arbitrary waveform generator differs to that of a utilization generator inward that specific points inward the waveform tin live on programmed to practice custom waveforms.

The Z+ serial of programmable ability supplies allows the storage of upwardly to iv arbitrary waveforms inward internal non-volatile retentivity cells to command the output voltage or current.  Profiles tin incorporate upwardly to 12 steps together with live on triggered to piece of job using the communication interfaces or via the front end panel.  Additional waveforms tin live on stored on a computer.

These arbitrary waveforms tin live on easily created past times using the “Z+ Waveform Creator” application provided on the CD-ROM.

There are ii programmable modes; LIST together with WAVE. 

LIST allows a measurement utilization to live on entered together with run.  The instance inward Figure 1 sets the output from 0V to 2V after an external trigger. After a 0.5s delay the output is increased to 4V together with dorsum downwards to 2V 0.5s later.  After 1s the output is increased to 8V for 1s earlier reducing to 5V. 1s afterwards the output is ready to 4V where it remains for roughly other 1s.
 

 Figure 1: List example

 

WAVE also allows gradual output voltage or electrical flow changes.  In Figure 2 the output is 1 time to a greater extent than ready to 2V for 1s after an external trigger.  This fourth dimension it is gradually increased to 4V over a 0.5s fourth dimension period. It remains at 4V for 0.5s earlier beingness programmed to gradually increment to 9V over 0.5s where it remains for 0.5s, earlier decreasing to 3V over 1.5s period, staying at 3V for 1s.

Figure 2: Waveform

The Graphical User Interface (GUI), which tin also live on downloaded from the website, contains a Waveform Profile Generator which tin live on used for to a greater extent than complex waveforms, including sine, triangle together with saw tooth. See Figure 3.

  

Figure 3: Waveform Profile Generator

The arbitrary waveforms tin live on used for a diversity of applications including vehicle battery starting profiles to examine automotive components together with assemblies.  See Figure 4.

 

Figure 4: Examples of arbitrary waveforms

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