KeysightWaveformGenerator

KeysightWaveformGenerator#

class KeysightWaveformGenerator(resourceName, name)#

Bases: WaveformGenerator

KeysightWaveformGenerator base for Keysight AWGs with VISA control.

Provides setup, upload, triggering, and connection management for Keysight arbitrary waveform generators using connect(), set(), upload(), trigger(), close(), and check().

Constructor Summary
KeysightWaveformGenerator(resourceName, name)#

Construct a KeysightWaveformGenerator.

Parameters:

  • resourceName (string) – VISA resource name, e.g., “TCPIP0::…::inst0::INSTR”

  • name (string, optional) – Device nickname

Property Summary
VisaDevice#
Method Summary
check()#

Query device error status.

Returns:

True when the device reports no error via SYST:ERR?

Return type:

logical

close()#

Close the VISA session, ensuring device is idle.

connect()#

Open VISA connection using ResourceName.

set()#

Configure channels (sample rate, voltage levels, trigger, mode, load).

Applies settings per channel: SamplingRate, trigger source/slope, output mode/load, and voltage limits. Clears volatile memory before upload and ensures LSB byte order for binary blocks.

trigger()#

Issue a software trigger on channels configured for BUS trigger. Check connection to the device

upload()#

Upload prepared waveforms to the device and start output if enabled.

Sequences each channel’s WaveformList by inserting leading and trailing zeros for clean triggering, scales to peak-to-peak, and writes segments + sequence tables via SCPI binary block transfers. Check connection to the device