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For more than 70 years, keithley, a tektronix company, has been designing, manufacturing and marketing advanced electrical test instruments and systems for the specialized needs of electronics manufacturers in high performance production testing, process monitoring, product development and research. Keithley calibration plan a keithley calibration plan is the most efficient way to ensure top performance over the life of your product. The default description is keithley 6485 6487 6514 ivi driver. Testequity test and measurement equipment distributor. The keithley 2400nms 200v1a20w sourcemeter smu instrument is designed specifically for test applications that demand tightly coupled sourcing and measurement. The number of tests that can be run in parallel on a 2450 can be as high as the number of instruments in the system. Keithley 2636b dualchannel system sourcemeter smu with. Testequity test and measurement equipment testequity.
I am using labview program to measure the iv currentvoltage characteristics of cvd diamond device. Automating measurements from a keithley 2400 sourcemeter smu. With over 60 years of lowlevel measurement expertise, keithley. Example programs are included with most instrument driver downloads.
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Keithley 6517a getting started manual pdf download. I want to make currenttime measurements for one applied voltage for a diode using labview program. I have to set up a program for measuring the iv characteristics of some components using labview. Rent or buy keithley 487 picoammeter voltage source. Kickstart software simplifies what you need to know about your instrument so that in just minutes you can take the. Rent or purchase a keithley 487 picoammeter voltage source or other component analyzers, lcr, semiconductor test equipment for your testing requirements. Suddenly, at certain voltage the current suddenly increased to around 12 micro a and. Sourcemeter smu instrument with gpib interface, 1a at the test equipment depot. Model 6487 picoammetervoltage source reference manual a greater measure of confidence. Keithley 2636a models combine in one instrument a power supply, true current source, 6. Keithley 2450 graphical sourcemeter smu wgpib, usb. Keithley provides matlab instrument drivers that use the ivi specification for the following instruments.
Successor to the model 487 the model 6487 builds on the strengths of one of keithley s most popular picoammeters, the model 487, offering an additional 20ma meas. I am using pyvisa to access channels on my keithley 2701 dmm, i have tcs on channels 102 and 103. Measuring instruments keithley 6487 reference manual. As far as my understanding goes, an iv curve can be obtained by sweeping the voltage across a predefined range and then measuring current. It will add a lot of software and you get more lost than just staying within labview. Model 6485 picoammeter model 6487 picoammetervoltage source. Keithley instruments excelinx software for the model 6485. I wanted to record a signal for at least 1 min using gettingstarted. If the software locates the driver, the driverversion should update.
The keithley 2636a sourcemeter features a voltage minmax of 1uv200v and a current minmax of 1fa10a pulse. Keithley 2400nms sourcemeter smu instrument with gpib. Furthermore starting to develop a big program in labview without starting small is very difficult. Programming and web development forums labview labview software discussion group. Keithley 2636b dualchannel system sourcemeter smu instrument with usb, lxic, gpib, rs232, and digital io interfaces. Keithley 6487 picoammeter instrument driver national. Full version of excelinx for models 6485, 6487 picoammeters and 6514, including the ke6485 instrument driver and keithley io layer. Kickstart setup software cd labview and ivi drivers cd the model 2450 is keithleys nextgeneration sourcemeter source measure unit smu instrument that truly brings ohms law current, voltage, and. Save the connection by selecting save under the file menu, close and restart the software. Suddenly, at certain voltage the current suddenly increased to around 12 micro a and thereafter is showing nothing but ov. Tsb is a software tool included on one of the cdroms that came with your model 2450. How to use labview to control the voltage and current of. Model 6485 picoammeter model 6487 picoammetervoltage source users manual 648790001 rev. Begin by plugging in the keithley 2400 power cord and turning the machine on.
Dear all i would like to us ni gpib hs to control keithley 6487. This can be done by using a for loop, for instance. The 2400nms provides precision voltage and current sourcing as well as measurement capabilities. I am trying to read current values from keithley picoammeter 6485 to my pc via.
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