Measurement Setup

Measurement SetupEdit

lundi 17/02

Instruments

2 x Yokogawa GS200 (DC Voltage/Current source)

Product Information: http://tmi.yokogawa.com/products/generators-sources/source-measure-units/gs200/

Installed Drivers: 

• Labview drivers, release date 08/02/2010, Filename ykgs200.zip (ver. 7.x)
• USB Driver, release date 31/01/2014, Filename YKMUSB1038.zip. Deinstalled on the 28/02/2014.
• Manuel can be found here Yokogawa GS200.pdf
• Firmware update on the 28/02/2014 to version 2.01 (release date Aug 20, 2012) with the following steps:
  • The yokogawa USB-driver (see above) has the be deinstalled!
  • Download latest firmware from https://y-link.yokogawa.com/YL029/ with ID: "20142015" and password "yokogawa200".
  • On the GS200: Utility --> Remote I/F -> USB Storage --> Storage.
  • Connect GS200 via USB cable to computer. Drive "GS200RAM" should appear.
  • copy firmware file .srec into drive "GS200RAM".
  • On the GS200: Utility --> Sys Config --> Update Sys.
  • GS200 will restart after the update.
  • Check firmware version on GS200: Utility --> Sys Info.

LabView:

• The Yokogawa 7651 .VI's were copied for the GS200 and the GPIB-read and write were replaced by VISA-read and write. Can be found on Manip006 drive. NOTE: To use the 7651 commands on the GS200 one has to change that on the GS200 itself: Utility --> Remot I/F --> GPIB --> GPIB Cmd --> 7651. The list of commands can be found here Yokogawa 7651 IM.pdf

NI PXI (Chassis)

Product Information: http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/205962

Installed Drivers:

• NI PXI Platform Services (on the CD), Version 2.5.6, Date: 03/08/2011
  Updated on the 17/02/2014: Version 3.2.1
   

NI PXIe-5450 (Signal Generator, 400 MS/s, 16-Bit)

Product Information: http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/206088

NI PXI-5922 (Digitizer)

Product Information: http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/201603

Installed Drivers:

• NI-SCOPE (on the CD), Version 3.8.1, Date: 2011
  Updated on the 17/02/2014: additional patch

Agilent PNA N5222A  (VNA 10 MHz - 26.5 GHz)

Product Information: http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/techSupport.jspx?cc=FR&lc=fre&nid=-536902643.980696.08&pid=2001963&pageMode=OV

Installed Drivers:

• IviSharedComponents_2.2.1.exe from http://www.ivifoundation.org
• LabView driver, Version: 1.1.12.0, release date  01/07/2014
• IO Libraries Suite 16.3 Update 2, release date 27/11/2013, version 16.3.17914.

LabView:

• "PNA N5222A Read Measurement.vi" was written: This VI Records all the Traces of the chosen Channel of the PNA N5222A Network Analyzer and also plots them on a graph. Each trace is stored in a file in 2 columns (first column represents the frequency [Hz] and second one the amplitude or phase) and a header file is added with the following information: Date and time of the record, Start and Stop Frequency [Hz], Number of points, Source power [dBm], IF-Bandwidth [Hz], Sweep time [s], number of traces, calibration information [filename if applicable], measurment name and S-parameter. (this VI can be found on the Manip006 drive)