How easy would the life be for your engineer and scientists in your testing lab if controlling benchtop instruments from a computer was literally as easy as pressing the button? It is now possible with the new Symplify generic SCPI driver that can be fully configured from the user interface.
A quick demonstration
Each of the following 3 videos is very brief, only 1-2 minutes long. They will allow you to quickly grasp the new level of flexibility that it could offer your engineers without any need for programming. Running the tests “manually” from home and running a long validation unattended over the weekend is now mere minutes away!
The script example
If you want to copy/paste and try it out quickly!
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' Sample Script
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'---- DEFINE SCRIPT EXECUTION SPEED ----
ExecutionTiming_ms = 10 'Makes the script engine go faster
' Define local variables
Voltage_Step = 0.2
Voltage_Min = 1
Voltage_Max = 5
Voltage_Step_Time = 5
Last_Action_Time = 0
Dwell_Time = 0
' Set current voltage output to minimum swing value
PS_Voltage_Set = Voltage_Min
Last_Action_Time = SYN_Elapsed_App_Runtime
Do While (1)
'Ramp *UP* the voltage output
Do While PS_Voltage_Set < Voltage_Max
' Compute and check if the dwell time has been met
Dwell_Time = SYN_Elapsed_App_Runtime - Last_Action_Time
if (Dwell_Time >= Voltage_Step_Time)
' Dwell time has been met. Step the voltage and record start time of next step.
PS_Voltage_Set = PS_Voltage_Set + Voltage_Step
Last_Action_Time = SYN_Elapsed_App_Runtime
else
sleep(0.1)
end if
Loop
'Make sure we don't go above the limit
PS_Voltage_Set = Voltage_Max
Last_Action_Time = SYN_Elapsed_App_Runtime
'Ramp *DOWN* the voltage output
Do While PS_Voltage_Set > Voltage_Min
' Compute and check if the dwell time has been met
Dwell_Time = SYN_Elapsed_App_Runtime - Last_Action_Time
if (Dwell_Time >= Voltage_Step_Time)
' Dwell time has been met. Step the voltage and record start time of next step.
PS_Voltage_Set = PS_Voltage_Set - Voltage_Step
Last_Action_Time = SYN_Elapsed_App_Runtime
else
sleep(0.1)
end if
Loop
'Make sure we don't go below the limit
PS_Voltage_Set = Voltage_Min
Loop