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Best-in-class measurement
throughput
Although an excellent R&D tool, the
Agilent B2900A Series is also well-suited for
production test. It can achieve excellent
accuracy and repeatability at even short
integration times. The B2900A Series possesses
the fastest measurement speed of any SMU
in its class.
Program memory and trace buffer
features improve throughput
To reduce bus communication time, the B2900A
Series supports a program memory feature
that allows long strings of SCPI commands
to be stored on the instrument. These code
sequences can be executed by sending a single
command across the communication bus,
greatly improving throughput for frequently
executed command strings.
In addition, the B2900A Series supports a trace
buffer that can store up to 100,000 data points.
This allows the results from multiple measure-
ments to be downloaded at once, thereby
reducing data transfer time and also improving
overall throughput.
SCPI commands provide
compatibility and versatility
Standard Commands for Programmable
Instruments (SCPI) are a popular and easy-to-
understand instrument control protocol. The
Agilent B2900A Series supports two SCPI
command sets, conventional and default, to
provide both code compatibility and fl exibility.
The conventional command set has a large
number of its commands compatible with those
of older SMUs (such as the Keithley 2400)
to minimize code conversion work. The
default command set supports advanced
Agilent B2900A Series features and they
should be used to fully utilize its performance
and capabilities.
Ultra fast throughput lowers cost-of-test
Agilent B2900A Series SMU
Maximum sweep operation reading rate per second
(Source/measure to GPIB at 50 Hz)
0
Readings per second
2500 5000 7500 10000 12500 15000
Conventional system SMU-A
Conventional system SMU-B
Conventional bench-top SMU-C
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