Tektronix AWG610 User Manual

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The Graphical Waveform Editor

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AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual

Table 3–7 provides a description of the Waveform editor screen elements.

Table 3-7: Waveform editor screen elements

Element

Description

Activecursor position Theposition of theactivecursor in thedata record relativeto thestart of

the data record. Position is stated as point location or time depending on

the horizontal unit set with the Settings menu.

Clock frequency

The clock frequency (sample rate) used to calculate the pointĆtoĆpoint

time interval between each data point. This value is set in the Settings

menu.
Notethat this valueis not theoutput waveform frequency. Output

frequency is calculated as follows:
Freq

out

= Fre q

clk

/ points per waveform cycle

CursorĆtoĆcursor

distance

The number of data points or time between the left and right cursors.

Distance is stated as points or time depending on the horizontal unit set

with the Settings menu.

Waveform record

length

The record length of the entire waveform file, in points. Record length is

always shown as points regardless of the horizontal unit set with the

Settings menu. The default value is 1000 points.

Edit area position bar The edit area position bar is relative to the position of the displayed edit

area in the entire record length. This helps you determine where you are

in a waveform record when you do zoom operations on the display area.

Window number

The edit window number is from one to three. The maximum number of

editor windows you can open at one time is three.

Knob icon

The knob icon is displayed when you can use the general purpose knob

to change a highlighted field.

Left cursor position

field and data value

Theposition of theleft cursor and thedata valueat that position. Cursor

position 0 is thestart of thedata record. Position is stated as point

location or time depending on the horizontal unit set with the Settings

menu.
You use the TOGGLE frontĆpanel button to select between the left or

right cursor. When the left cursor is active, you can use the general

purposeknob or theKeypad buttons to changethecursor position.

Marker display

The marker display is a graphical representation of the marker data

values.

Right cursor position

field and data value

Theposition of theright cursor and thedata valueat that position.

Cursor position 0 is thestart of thedata record. Position is stated as

point location or time depending on the horizontal unit set with the

Settings menu.
You use the TOGGLE frontĆpanel button to select between the left or

right cursor. When the right cursor is active, you can use the general

purposeknob or theKeypad buttons to changethecursor position.

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