Automate testing with Kickstart software

Use Kickstart to control your AFG31000 remotely and set up automated

tests in four easy steps:

1. Select the AFG application.

2. Set up your instrument by selecting an AFG model and name (for

example, My AFG31252).

3. Enter the test parameters.

4. Enable output to initiate signal generation.

Kickstart provides built-in common waveforms like sine, square, pulse,

ramp, and noise that you can simulate, or load a custom arbitrary

function from a file on your PC or from the AFG. Then capture, export,

and save your waveform settings.

Easily align and swap parameters between channels using the

InterChannel settings for AFGs and tests utilizing two channels.

Save the test parameters to visit later or take a screenshot of the tables

and graphs directly from Kickstart to use in your test reports.

Add the AFG application to your Kickstart applications for Source

Measure Units, Oscilloscopes, Data Acquisition Units, DMMs, and

power supplies to complete your automated bench test solution.

Learn more by visiting www.tek.com/en/products/keithley/keithley-

control-software-bench-instruments/kickstart.

Built-in ArbBuilder tool makes creating and editing

arbitrary waveforms easier than ever

ArbBuilder is a built-in application on the AFG31000 series that lets you

create and edit your arbitrary waveforms directly on the generator. You

can create arbitrary waveforms with the Equation Editor tool or start

from a library of standard templates. Thanks to the large capacitive

touch screen, you can drag, pinch and zoom to get the detail you need.

You can quickly replicate real-world waveforms captured with

oscilloscopes or created by third-party software by loading CSV format

data files directly into ArbBuilder from a USB memory stick.

Creating an arbitrary waveform using the easy touch screen interface

Simplified multi-unit synchronization

Most applications need one or two channels of output, but some

applications require more channels. For example, in order to simulate

3-phase power signals, engineers often need to synchronize three

2-channel generators; one for the voltage and current on each phase.

To do this used to be time-consuming, as it required many cable

connections between the AFG units, and making changes in deep

branches of the menu trees on all instruments.

The AFG31000 simplifies this process with an onscreen wizard that

leads you through the process of making cable connections and

configuring settings to synchronize multiple generators.

An on-screen wizard guides you through the process of multiple-unit synchronization

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