Datasheet
TEK.COM 9
2606B System SourceMeter
®
SMU Instrument
Supplemental Information
Programming Embedded Test Script Processor (TSP®) scripting engine is accessible from any host interface:
Responds to individual instrument control commands
Responds to high-speed test scripts comprised of remote commands and test script language (TSL)
statements (for example, branching, looping, and math)
Able to execute high-speed test scripts stored in memory without host intervention
Minimum User Memory Available 16 MB (approximately 250,000 lines of TSP code)
Test Script Builder Integrated development environment for building, running, and managing TSP scripts; includes an
instrument console for interactive communication with any TSP-enabled instrument. For information on
requirements, refer to the Test Script Builder documentation, available at tek.com/keithley.
Software Interface Read/write with Microsoft® Visual Basic®, Visual C/C++®, Visual C#®, LabVIEW™, CEC TestPoint™
Data Acquisition Software Package, NI LabWindows™/CVI, and so on.
Reading Buffers Nonvolatile memory uses dedicated storage areas reserved for measurement data. Reading buffers are
arrays of measurement elements. Each element can store the following items:
Measurement
Source setting (at the time the measurement was taken)
Measurement status
Range information
Timestamp
Reading buffers can be filled using the front-panel STORE key, and retrieved using the RECALL key or
host interface.
Buffer Size, With Timestamp and Source Setting
>60,000 samples
Buffer Size, Without Timestamp and Source Setting
>140,000 samples
System Expansion The TSP-Link expansion interface allows TSP-enabled instruments to trigger and communicate with each
other. See the figure below.
The 2606B has four TSP-Link connectors (two on each module) to make it easier to connect instruments
in a sequence.
Once source-measure instruments are interconnected through the TSP-Link expansion interface, a
computer can access all of the resources of each source measure instrument through the host interface of
any System SourceMeter.
A maximum of 32 TSP-Link nodes can be interconnected. Each source-measure module uses one TSP
Link node.