Owon AG4151, User Manual

Page 1: ...AG4151 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual WWW OWON COM WWW OWON COM HK WWW OWON COM CN ...

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Page 4: ... Period 11 To Set the Amplitude 12 To Set the Offset 12 To Set the High Level 12 To Set the Low Level 12 To Output Square Signals 12 To Set the Duty Cycle 13 To Output Ramp Signals 14 To Set the Symmetry 14 To Output Pulse Signals 15 To Set the Pulse Width Duty Cycle 16 To Set the Edge Time 16 To Output Noise Signals 17 To Output Arbitrary Signals 18 To Select the Built in Waveform 18 The User Def...

Page 5: ...the Output Load 31 To Set the Sync Output 32 To Set the DC Output 33 To Set the I O 33 To Set the Baud Rate 33 To Set the LAN 33 To Set the System 34 Language Setting 34 Power On Setting 34 To Return to Default Setting 34 To Set the Beep 35 View System Information 35 To Set the Clock Source 35 To Use Built in Help 36 6 Communication with PC 37 Using USB Port 37 Using LAN Port 37 Using COM Port 40 ...

Page 6: ...y connection with its input or output terminal Check all Terminal Ratings To avoid fire or shock hazard check all ratings and markers of this product Refer to the user s manual for more information about ratings before connecting to the instrument Do not operate without covers Do not operate the instrument with covers or panels removed Use Proper Fuse Use only the specified type and rating fuse fo...

Page 7: ...n damage to this product or other property Terms on the Product The following terms may appear on this product Danger It indicates an injury or hazard may immediately happen Warning It indicates an injury or hazard may be accessible potentially Caution It indicates a potential damage to the instrument or other property might occur Safety Symbols Symbols on the Product The following symbol may appe...

Page 8: ...vice provide more alternative solutions for users Features and benefits 3 9 inch high resolution 480 320 pixels TFT LCD display Advanced DDS technology Max 150MHz frequency output Max Sample rate 400MSa s Frequency resolution 32 bits Vertical resolution 14 bits up to 1M waveform record length Abundant waveform output Sine Square Ramp Pulse White Noise Exponential rise Exponential fall Sin x x DC 3...

Page 9: ... Start This chapter will deal with the following topics mainly z Front Rear Panel Overview z User Interface Overview z How to Implement General Inspection z How to Adjust the Foot Stools z How to Implement Power On Check 4 ...

Page 10: ... Sine Square or Ramp waveform Burst Generate burst for Sine Square Ramp Pulse and Arbitrary waveform Save Store recall waveform data and configure information Utility Set the auxiliary system function Help Read the build in help information Direction key Select menu or move the cursor of the focused parameter Main output terminal Output main signal Foot stool Make the instrument to be tilted for e...

Page 11: ... input These two connectors are used to synchronize generators The connector 20MHz In accepts an external 20 MHz clock signal and the connector 20MHz Out can output a 20 MHz clock signal generated by the crystal inside the generator See P35 To Set the Clock Source External Trigger FSK Burst This signal can be used as external signal source in Sweep FSK and Burst mode Modulation In Modulation wavef...

Page 12: ...nerator and output the signal through the digital module User Interface Figure 4 3 User interface take Sine for instance Parameter bar 1 display parameters and edit the focused parameter Load High Z represents high resistance Frequency period depends on the highlighted menu item on the right Amplitude high level depends on the highlighted menu item on the right Offset low level depends on the high...

Page 13: ...rmance test please get in touch with the Lilliput s distributor responsible for this business or the Lilliput s local offices If there is damage to the instrument caused by the transportation please keep the package With the transportation department or the Lilliput s distributor responsible for this business informed about it a repairing or replacement of the instrument will be arranged by the Li...

Page 14: ...red voltage scale Power On 1 Connect the instrument to the AC supply using the supplied power cord Warning To avoid electric shock the instrument must be grounded properly 2 Press down the power button at the front panel the screen shows the boot screen 9 ...

Page 15: ...s z How to Output Square Signals z How to Output Ramp Signals z How to Output Pulse Signals z How to Output Noise Signals z How to Output Arbitrary Signals z How to Generate the Modulated Waveform z How to Generate Sweep z How to Generate Burst z How to Save and Recall z How to Set the Utility Function z How to Use Built in Help 10 ...

Page 16: ...nt parameter Parameter bar 1 Parameter bar 2 Figure 5 1 The User Interface of Sine Signal To Set the Frequency Period Press F1 button the chosen menu item is highlighted the focused parameter is displayed in Parameter bar 1 Press F1 button to switch between Frequency Period Two methods to change the chosen parameter z Turn the knob to change the value of cursor position in the Parameter bar Press ...

Page 17: ...arameter bar 2 a cursor appears under the value of amplitude Use the knob or the number keys to set the desired value To Set the Low Level Press F3 confirm whether the Lo_Level menu item is highlighted if not press F3 to switch into Lo_Level In the Parameter bar 2 a cursor appears under the value of offset Use the knob or the number keys to set the desired value To Output Square Signals Press butt...

Page 18: ...e Period To Set the Duty Cycle 1 Press F4 button the Duty menu item is highlighted the current value of the Duty cycle is displayed in Parameter bar 1 2 Turn the knob to change the value directly or press the number keys to input the desired value press F4 to choose For a frequency 25MHz the Duty cycle range is 20 80 For a frequency greater than 25MHz the Duty cycle is 50 Parameter bar 1 Duty cycl...

Page 19: ...To Output Sine Signals on P11 The frequency range is 1μHz 1MHz the period range is 1us 1Ms Parameter bar 1 Setting menu of Ramp signal Amplitude Load Offset Parameter bar 2 Current signal Symmetry Frequency Current parameter Figure 5 5 The User Interface of Ramp Signal Term Explanation Symmetry The percentage that the Rising Period takes up the whole Period To Set the Symmetry 1 Press F4 button th...

Page 20: ... are Frequency Period Amplitude High Level Offset Low Level Pulse Width Duty Edge Time You can operate the menu by using the menu selection buttons on the right To set the Frequency Period Amplitude High Level Offset Low Level please refer to To Output Sine Signals on P11 The frequency range is 1μHz 25MHz the period range is 40ns 1Ms Parameter bar 1 Setting menu of Pulse signal Amplitude Load Offs...

Page 21: ...ed Falling Time The Rising Time and the Falling Time together are called Edge Time To Set the Pulse Width Duty Cycle 1 Press F4 button the chosen menu item is highlighted the focused parameter is displayed in Parameter bar 1 Press F4 to switch between Frequency Period 2 Turn the knob to change the value directly or press the number keys to input the desired value and choose the unit The Pulse Widt...

Page 22: ...ame value by default To Output Noise Signals The noise signal which the generator output is white noise Press button to call the user interface of Noise signal the Noise waveform parameters can be set by operating the Noise setting menu on the right The parameters of Noise waveform are Amplitude High Level Offset Low Level You can operate the menu by using the menu selection buttons on the right T...

Page 23: ...tput Sine Signals on P11 The frequency range is 1μHz 10MHz the period range is 100ns 1Ms The Arbitrary signal consists of two types the system built in waveform and the user definable waveform Parameter bar 1 Setting menu of Arbitrary signal Amplitude Load Offset Parameter bar 2 Current signal Frequency Current parameter Built in Exponential Rise Waveform Figure 5 11 The User Interface of Arbitrar...

Page 24: ...eform Select Wform Select the waveform stored in Flash memory Edit Wform Edit the stored waveform How to Create a New Waveform 1 Enter the operation menu Press Editable Wform Create Wform 2 Set the number of waveform points Press F1 to select Wform Points turn the knob or press the number keys to input the desired value and choose the unit X1 XK XM respectively represent 1 1000 1000 000 The wavefo...

Page 25: ... to Select a Stored Waveform 1 Enter the operation menu Press Editable Wform Select Wform 2 Enter the storage path of the desired waveform file Press the direction key to select the desired waveform file 3 Choose Recall output How to Edit a Stored Waveform 1 Enter the operation menu Press Editable Wform Edit Wform 2 Enter the storage path of the desired waveform file Press the direction key to sel...

Page 26: ...tton again to return to the Modulation mode interface 4 Press F5 to select the source If the source is External use the Modulation In connector in the rear panel to input the external signal the setting of AM is finished If you choose Internal continue to the steps below 5 Press F2 to choose Mod Shape you can choose Sine Square or Ramp 6 Press F3 to set AM Frequency The range is 1μHz 20KHz Interna...

Page 27: ...r the Modulation mode 2 Press F1 to switch Mod Type to FM If the Carrier Waveform is not Sine the system will switch it to Sine automatically 3 Press button to display the waveform and parameters of the Carrier Waveform You can change the parameters please refer to To Output Sine Signals on P11 Press button again to return to the Modulation mode interface 4 Press F5 to select the source If the sou...

Page 28: ...aveform Modulating Waveform Load Phase Deviation PM Frequency Mod Type Mod Shape Source Figure 5 16 The User Interface of PM How to set the parameters of PM 1 Press Mod function button to enter the Modulation mode 2 Press F1 to switch Mod Type to PM If the Carrier Waveform is not Sine the system will switch it to Sine automatically 3 Press button to display the waveform and parameters of the Carri...

Page 29: ... Carrier Amplitude Carrier Waveform Carrier Waveform Modulating Waveform Load FSK Rate Mod Type Source Hop Frequency Figure 5 17 The User Interface of FSK How to set the parameters of FSK 1 Press Mod function button to enter the Modulation mode 2 Press F1 to switch Mod Type to FSK If the Carrier Waveform is not Sine the system will switch it to Sine automatically 3 Press button to display the wave...

Page 30: ... Figure 5 18 The User Interface of PWM How to set the parameters of PWM 1 Press Mod function button to enter the Modulation mode 2 Press F1 to switch Mod Type to PWM If the Carrier Waveform is not Pulse the system will switch it to Pulse automatically 3 Press button to display the waveform and parameters of the Carrier Waveform You can change the parameters please refer to To Output Pulse Signals ...

Page 31: ...r Interface of Sweep Mode How to set the parameters of Sweep 1 When the output signal is Sine Square or Ramp waveform press Sweep function button to enter the Sweep mode 2 Press or button to choose the waveforms Take Sine for instance press to display the waveform and parameters You can change the parameters please refer to To set signals on P11 Press button again to return to the Sweep mode inter...

Page 32: ...certain times of waveform cycle N Cycle Burst or to be controlled by external gated signals Gated Burst Bust can apply to Sine Square Ramp Pulse and Arbitrary waveforms Noise can not be used Note For a burst the maximum frequency of the used waveform is 25MHz After pressing the Burst function button if the frequency is greater than 25MHz the generator will adjust it to 25MHz automatically Term Exp...

Page 33: ...aveform 0 is the first waveform point 6 Press F2 to select Delay set the Time Delay between the Trigger Input and the Start of the N Cycle Burst The minimum delay is a function of the specific burst period and should always be greater than 0s 7 Press F5 to select NextPage press it again to enter the next page 8 Press F1 to select Cycles or Infinite Set the number of Waveform Cycle in an N Cycle fr...

Page 34: ...orm The phase varies from 360 to 360 For an Arbitrary Waveform 0 is the first waveform point 5 Press F5 to switch between Positive Negative Set the Polarity for the Gated Signal To Save and Recall Press Save function button to enter the file system To Use USB Storage The storage location is divided into the internal storage FLASH and the U disk storage USBDEVICE When a U disk is connected the stor...

Page 35: ...rs 2 Press F1 to enter the current character Press F2 to delete the last character 3 Press F4 to finish editing and save the file Press F5 to cancel the save operation Note The length of file name is up to 15 characters To Set the Utility Function Press Utility function key to enter the Utility Menu You can set the parameters of the Generator such as Display Parameter Output Parameter Interface Pa...

Page 36: ... range is 1 999 minutes To Set Output Parameter To Set the Output Load For the Main output terminal on the Front panel the Generator has a built in 50Ωseries impendence If the actual load does not match the set one the displayed amplitude and offset are incorrect This function is used to match the displayed voltage with the expected one Steps for setting the Load 1 Press Utility and choose Output ...

Page 37: ...At the time when the first output waveform point is generated the Sync Signal Voltage is TTL Level High z For Internal Modulating AM FM PM and PWM the Sync Signal reference is the Modulated Signal not the Carrier Signal The Sync Signal is a Square Waveform with 50 Duty Cycle In the first half modulation period the Sync Signal is TTL Level High For External Modulation the Sync Signal reference is t...

Page 38: ...aud Rate Press Utility and choose I O Setup press F1 to choose BaudRate press F1 to switch the RS232 baud rate Make sure that the Baud Rate matches that of the computer The optional rates are 115 2K 56K 38 4K 9 6K and 4 8K The default setting is 115 2K To Set the LAN Press Utility and choose I O Setup press F2 to choose LAN enter the submenu Press F1 to set IP Addr the range of each byte is 1 255 ...

Page 39: ... powered To Return to Default Setting Press Utility and choose System press F3 to select Set to Default All the settings will be set to default The default settings of the system are as follows Output Default Function Sine Wave Frequency 1kHz Amplitude Offset 1 Vpp 0 Vdc Terminals High Z Modulation Default Carrier 1kHz Sine Wave Modulating 100Hz Sine Wave AM Depth 100 FM Deviation 100Hz PM Phase D...

Page 40: ...1 to select Beep 3 Press F1 to switch between On Off On is to activate the sound when the system informs you Off is to deactivate it View System Information 1 Press Utility and choose System press F4 to enter the second page of the menu 2 Press F2 to select Sys info You can view the Version and Serial Number To Set the Clock Source AG4151 provides a 20 MHz internal clock source and also accepts ex...

Page 41: ...F3 to switch between Internal External To Use Built in Help 1 Press Help function button the catalog will display in the screen 2 Press F1 or F2 to choose help topic or just turn the knob to choose 3 Press F3 to view the details about the topic press F5 to go back to the catalog 4 Press Help again to exit the help or just do other operations ...

Page 42: ...or is turned on a dialog will appear on the PC screen and guide you to install the USB driver The driver is in the USBDRV folder under the directory where the ultrawave communication software is installed such as C Program Files OWON ultrawave USBDRV 3 Port setting of the software Run the ultrawave software click the MENU button in the top right corner Choose Ports Settings in the setting dialog c...

Page 43: ...erent Here we set it to 192 168 1 99 The range of the port value is 0 4000 but the port which under 2000 is always be used so it is suggested to set it to the value above 2000 Here we set it to 3000 Figure 6 3 Set the network parameters of the ultrawave software 4 Set the network parameters of the Waveform Generator In the Waveform Generator press Utility and choose I O Setup press F2 to choose LA...

Page 44: ...The Default gateway and Subnet mask should be set according to the router Here we set the IP address to 192 168 1 71 Subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 Default gateway is 192 168 1 1 Figure 6 4 Set the network parameters of the computer 3 Set the network parameters of the ultrawave software Run the software on the computer choose the Ports settings of the MENU Set Connect using to LAN About the IP the f...

Page 45: ...e setting method please refer to To Set the LAN on P33 After restarting the Waveform Generator if you can get data normally in the ultrawave software the connection is successful Using COM Port 1 Connection Use a data cable to connect the COM port in the rear panel of the Waveform Generator to the COM port of a PC 2 Port setting of the software Run the ultrawave software click the MENU button in t...

Page 46: ...lliput for our service 2 The measured value of output signal amplitude disaccords to the displayed value Check if the actual load matches the set one Please refer to To Set the Output Load on P31 3 The Sync output terminal does not output Sync Signal Check if the Sync Output switch is activated and check if the current output signal has a corresponding Sync Signal Please refer to To Set the Sync O...

Page 47: ...c Max sampling rate 400MSa s frequency resolution 32bits Sine 1 μHz 150MHz Square 1 μHz 50MHz Ramp 1 μHz 1MHz Pulse 1 μHz 25MHz White Noise 50MHz Arbitrary 1 μHz 10MHz Amplitude Characteristic Output Amplitude 10mVPP 10VPP 50Ω 20mVPP 20VPP High Z Amplitude Accuracy 1mVPP or 14 bits DC Offset Range AC DC 5V 50Ω 10V High Z DC Offset Accuracy 1mV Output Impedance 50Ω typical Waveform Characteristic S...

Page 48: ...rity 0 1 of peak output typical 1kHz 1Vpp Symmetry 100 Symmetry 0 to 100 Arbitrary Waveform Length 2 1M points Sample Rate 200MSa s Amplitude Accuracy 14 bits Minimum Rise Fall Time 35ns typical Jitter RMS 6 ns 30ppm Modulated Waveform AM Carrier Waveforms Sine Source Internal External Internal Modulating Waveforms Sine Square Ramp White Noise Arbitrary Internal Modulating Frequency 2 mHz 20 00 kH...

Page 49: ...ar Logarithmic Carrier Waveforms Sine Square Ramp Direction Up Down Sweep Time 1 ms to 500 s 0 1 Source Source External or Manual Burst Waveforms Sine Square Ramp Pulse Arbitrary Types Count 1 to 1 000 000 periods infinite gated Start Phase 360 360 Internal Period 1 μs 300 s 1 Gated Source External Trigger Trigger Sources Source External or Manual Input Output Rear Panel External Modulation Input ...

Page 50: ...echnical Specifications 45 External Reference Clock Output Impedance 50 kΩ AC coupled Amplitude 5 Vp p access 50Ω Trigger Output Level TTL compatible Output Impedance 50Ω typical Pulse Width 400ns typical ...

Page 51: ...CRMS 50 60Hz CATⅡ Consumption Less than 50W 110V 125 V F4AL Fuse 220V 250 V F2AL Environment Temperature Working temperature 0 40 Storage temperature 20 60 Relative Humidity 90 Height Operating 3 000 m Non operating 15 000 m Cooling Method Fan cooling Mechanical Specifications Dimension 235mm 110mm 295mm W H D Weight 3 kg Interval Period of Adjustment One year is recommended for the calibration in...

Page 52: ...as often as operating conditions require To clean the instrument exterior perform the following steps 1 Wipe the dust from the instrument surface with a soft cloth Do not make any scuffing on the transparent LCD protection screen when clean the LCD screen 2 Disconnect power before cleaning your instrument Clean the instrument with a wet soft cloth not dripping water It is recommended to scrub with...