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Series 2600A System SourceMeter® Instruments User’s Manual Section 2: Remote Operation

How do I use other programs?

Reference See the LabVIEW and Visual Basic documentation for details on using those

programs.

Basic source-measure examples using LabVIEW and Visual Basic are shown below. See also

Section 3 for more examples to load and run scripts.

Using LabVIEW

The source-measure example using LabVIEW is shown in Figure 2-11. The test steps are:

1. Reset instrument.

2. Select source voltage function.

3. Set source output voltage.

4. Turn on output.

5. Take current measurement.

6. Reset instrument.

The command sequence for this source-measure example is shown below:

The commands above are sent out in LabVIEW using either GPIB or VIS VIs. Refer to the

LabVIEW documentation for information on using VIs.

localnode.prompts = 0 -- Disable prompts.

reset() -- Reset Series 2600A.

smua.source.func = smua.OUTPUT_DCVOLTS --

Select voltage source

function.

smua.source.levelv = volts -- Set voltage source level.

smua.source.output = smua.OUTPUT_ON -- Turn on source output.

print(smua.measure.i()) --

Take and return current

reading.

reset() -- Reset Series 2600A.

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