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Owon AG1022 User Manual

Owon AG1022 User Manual

Dual-channel arbitrary waveform generator
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  • Page 1 Dual-Channel Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual  AG1022  AG1012 WWW.OWON.COM...
  • Page 2 Lilliput Company. Fujian Lilliput Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. No. 19, Heming Road Lantian Industrial Zone, Zhangzhou 363005 P.R. China Tel: +86-596-2130430 Fax: +86-596-2109272 Web: www.owon.com E-mail: info@owon.com.cn...
  • Page 3 Please contact the nearest Lilliput's Sales and Service Offices for services or a complete copy of the warranty statement. For better after-sales service, please visit www.owon.com and register the purchased product online. Excepting the after-sales services provided in this summary or the applicable warranty statements, Lilliput will not offer any guarantee for maintenance definitely declared or hinted, including but not limited to the implied guarantee for marketability and special-purpose acceptability.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    The User-Definable Waveform ..........................20 To Output DC ............................21 To recall wave file ........................... 22 Use SDS Series oscilloscope manufactured by OWON to cut wave: ..............22 Use waveform generators to recall wave: ......................22 To Save and Recall ......................24...
  • Page 5 To Use USB Storage ..........................24 To Edit the File Name ..........................24 To Set the Utility Function ....................25 To Set Display Parameter ........................25 To Set the Bright ..............................25 To Set the Separator ............................25 To Set the Screen Saver ............................25 To Set Output Parameter ........................

  • Page 6: General Safety Requirements

    1.General Safety Requirements 1. General Safety Requirements Before any operations, please read the following safety precautions to avoid any possible bodily injury and prevent this product or any other products connected from damage. In order to avoid any contingent danger, this product is only used within the range specified.

  • Page 7: Safety Terms And Symbols

    2.Safety Terms and Symbols 2. Safety Terms and Symbols Safety Terms Terms in this Manual. The following terms may appear in this manual: Warning: Warning indicates the conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life. Caution: Caution indicates the conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property.

  • Page 8: General Characteristics

    3.General Characteristics 3. General Characteristics These products are dual-channel multi-function generator which combines Arbitrary Waveform Generation and Function Generation. The product introduces Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) technology to provide stable, precise, pure and low distortion signal. The user-friendly interface design and panel layout bring exceptional user experience. Support USB storage device.

  • Page 9: Quick Start

    4.Quick Start 4. Quick Start This chapter will deal with the following topics mainly: Front/Rear Panel Overview  User Interface Overview  How to Implement General Inspection  How to Adjust the Foot Stools  How to Implement Power-On Check ...

  • Page 10: Front/Rear Panel And User Interface

    ⑫ ⑬ ⑱ ⑮ ⑭ ⑲ ⑰ ⑯ Figure 4-1 Front panel overview (AG1022 shown) ① LCD Display the user interface ② Menu selection Include 5 buttons: F1 - F5, activate the corresponding menu buttons ③ Number keys Input parameters, include: number, point and plus/minus sign ④...

  • Page 11: Rear Panel

    4.Quick Start ⑩ CH2 Output Output signal of CH2 ⑪ Foot stool Make the instrument to be tilted for ease of operation ⑫ CH1 Output Control Turn on/off the output of CH1. The backlight will be lighted when CH1 is tuned on. ⑬...

  • Page 12: User Interface

    4.Quick Start ④ USB (type B) This can be used to connect a USB type B controller. connector Connect with an external device, such as connected to a PC and controlled via PC software. ⑤ Ref Clk connector To accept an external clock signal. ⑥...

  • Page 13: General Inspection

    4.Quick Start ⑨ Amplitude/high level, depends on the highlighted menu item on the right ⑩ Frequency/period, depends on the highlighted menu item on the right ⑪ Load, High Z represents high resistance General Inspection After you get a new Waveform Generator, it is recommended that you should make a check on the instrument according to the following steps: 1.

  • Page 14: Power On

    4.Quick Start Power On (1) Connect the instrument to the AC supply using the supplied power cord. Warning: To avoid electric shock, the instrument must be grounded properly. (2) Press down the power button at the front panel, the screen shows the boot screen.

  • Page 15: Front Panel Operation

    5.Front Panel Operation 5. Front Panel Operation This chapter will deal with the following topics mainly:  How to Set Channels  How to Output Sine Signals  How to Output Square Signals  How to Output Ramp Signals  How to Output Pulse Signals ...

  • Page 16: To Set Channels

    5.Front Panel Operation To set channels  To Switch Channels for Display Press CH1/2 button to switch channel displayed on the screen between CH1 and CH2.  To Display/Edit Both Channels Press Both button to display the parameters of both channels. To switch channel: Press CH1/2 to switch the editable channel.

  • Page 17: To Set Signals

    F5 to cancel the input. AG1022：The frequency range is 1 μHz - 25 MHz; the period range is 40 ns - 1 Ms. AG1012：The frequency range is 1 μHz - 10 MHz; the period range is 100 ns - 1 Ms.

  • Page 18: To Set The Amplitude

    5.Front Panel Operation Figure 5-3: Set the frequency using number keys To Set the Amplitude Press F2 , confirm whether the "Ampl" menu item is highlighted; if not, press F2 to switch into "Ampl". In Parameter 2, a cursor appears under the value of amplitude. Use the knob or the number keys to set the desired value.

  • Page 19: To Set The Duty Cycle

    5.Front Panel Operation Parameter 1 Frequency Current signal Channel Load Amplitude Setting menu of Offset Square signal Duty cycle Parameter 2 Parameter 3 Figure 5-4: The User Interface of Square Signal Term Explanation Duty Cycle: The percentage that the High Level takes up the whole Period. To Set the Duty Cycle (1) Press F4 button, the "Duty"...

  • Page 20: To Output Ramp Signals

    5.Front Panel Operation Figure 5-5: Set the Duty cycle of Square signal To Output Ramp Signals Press button to call the user interface of Ramp signal, the Ramp waveform parameters can be set by operating the Ramp setting menu on the right. The parameters of Ramp waveform are: Frequency/Period, Amplitude/High Level, Offset/Low Level, Symmetry.

  • Page 21: To Output Pulse Signals

    5.Front Panel Operation Figure 5-7: Set the symmetry of Ramp signal To Output Pulse Signals Press button to call the user interface of Pulse signal, the Pulse waveform parameters can be set by operating the Pulse setting menu on the right. The parameters of Pulse waveform are: Frequency/Period, Amplitude/High Level, Offset/Low Level, Pulse Width/Duty.

  • Page 22: To Set The Pulse Width / Duty Cycle

    5.Front Panel Operation Term Explanation Pulse Width: There are two kinds of Pulse Width—positive and negative. Positive Pulse Width is the time span between thresholds of 50% of the rising edge amplitude to the next 50% of the falling edge amplitude. Negative Pulse Width is the time span between thresholds of 50% of the falling edge amplitude to the next 50% of the rising edge amplitude.

  • Page 23: To Output Arbitrary Signals

    5.Front Panel Operation Noise waveform Current signal Channel Load Amplitude Setting menu Offset of Noise signal Parameter 2 Parameter 3 Figure 5-10: The User Interface of Noise Signal To Output Arbitrary Signals Press button to call the user interface of Arbitrary signal, the Arbitrary waveform parameters can be set by operating the Arbitrary setting menu on the right.

  • Page 24: To Select The Built-In Waveform

    5.Front Panel Operation To Select the Built-in Waveform There are 45 built-in Arbitrary waveforms. Steps for selecting the built-in waveform: (1) Press button, then press F4 to enter the Built-in Wform menu. (2) Press F1 - F4 to select Common, Maths, Window or Others. E.g. select Maths to enter the following interface.

  • Page 25: The User-Definable Waveform

    5.Front Panel Operation Sinc Sinc function Tangent Cotangent Sqrt Square root Square function HaverSine HaverSine function Lorentz Lorentz function Natural logarithm function Cubic Cubic function Cauchy Cauchy distribution Besselj BesselI function Bessely BesselII function Error function Airy Airy function Windows Rectangle Rectangle window Gauss...

  • Page 26: To Output Dc

    5.Front Panel Operation (2) Set the number of waveform points: Press F1 to select "Wform Points", turn the knob or press the number keys to input the desired value and choose the unit. X1, XK respectively represent 1, 1000. The waveform points range is 2 - 8192. (3) Set the interpolation: Press F2 to switch between On/Off.

  • Page 27: To Recall Wave File

    This function can read the waveform file with suffix of (*.ota) which is cut from SDS series oscilloscope manufactured by OWON and saved to USB device or cut by the software of OWON oscilloscope. Then the waveform generator can output the same signal as the cut wave.
  • Page 28 5.Front Panel Operation Figure 5-13: Choose storage device (2) Select USBDEVICE, enter The Next Level. Turn the knob or press direction key to select the saved example.ota waveform file. Figure 5-14: choose the .ota file (3) Choose Recall output, and the tip “Read file successfully” will show on the interface. Figure 5-15: Read file Tips: Normally the frequency, amplitude, and offset of the recalled wave are the same as the wave...

  • Page 29: To Save And Recall

    5.Front Panel Operation being cut, but when the frequency, amplitude, and offset are set out of the limit range, then the generator would use the current parameter, which leads to the recalled wave not totally the same as the cut wave. The max data number of the waveform generator ARB is 8192.

  • Page 30: To Set The Utility Function

    5.Front Panel Operation (1) Turn the knob or press direction key to move the cursor left and right in the keyboard. Press F3 to switch between capital and small of the characters. (2) Press F1 to enter the current character. Press F2 to delete the last character . (3) Press to finish editing and save the file.

  • Page 31: To Set Output Parameter

    5.Front Panel Operation (2) Press F3 to switch between On/Off. (3) If On is selected, you can set the screen saver time. Turn the knob to change the value, press direction key to move the cursor left and right; or press the number keys to input the desired time in minutes, press F4 to select the unit.

  • Page 32: To Return To Default Setting

    5.Front Panel Operation return to default when powered. Last means that all the settings return to the last one when powered. To Return to Default Setting Press Utility and choose System, press F3 to select Set to Default, press F1 to confirm.

  • Page 33: View System Information

    5.Front Panel Operation View System Information (1) Press Utility and choose System, enter the second page of the menu. (2) Press F2 to select Sys info. You can view the Version and Serial number. To Set the Clock Source The waveform generator provides an internal clock source and also accepts external clock source input from the [Ref Clk] connector at the rear panel.

  • Page 34: Communication With Pc

    PC screen and guide you to install the USB driver. The driver is in the "USBDRV" folder under the directory where the ultrawave communication software is installed, such as "C:\Program Files\OWON\ultrawave\USBDRV". (3) Port setting of the software: Run the ultrawave software; click "Communications" in the menu bar, choose "Ports-Settings", in the setting dialog, choose "Connect using"...

  • Page 35: Scpi

    7.SCPI 7. SCPI The waveform generator supports SCPI, and the users can operate and control the device by USB port. For the detailed information about SCPI, please refer to AG Series Waveform Generator SCPI Protocol. 8. Troubleshooting 1. The instrument is powered on but no Display. ...

  • Page 36: Technical Specifications

    Exponential rise, Exponential fall, Sin(x)/x, Arbitrary Waveforms Staircase, etc. 45 built-in waveforms, User-Definable Waveform Numbers of channel Frequency Characteristic (Max sampling rate 125MSa/s, frequency resolution 1 μHz) Sine AG1022 1 μHz—25 MHz AG1012 1 μHz—10 MHz Square 1 μHz—5 MHz Ramp 1 μHz—1 MHz Pulse 1 μHz—5 MHz...
  • Page 37 9.Technical Specifications Sine AG1022 1 μHz to 10 MHz： 0.2 dB ± 1 mv Flatness (when the Amplitude is 10 MHz to 25 MHz： 1.0 V (+4 dBm), relative to 1 kHz) 0.3 dB ± 1 mv AG1012 0.2 dB ± 1 mv...
  • Page 38 9.Technical Specifications Impedance 1 kΩ, AC coupled Requested Input voltage swing 100 mV to 5 V locking range 20 MHz ± 35 kHz External Reference Clock Output Impedance 50 kΩ, DC coupled Amplitude 3.3 V , access 50 Ω Power Amplifier Specification (Optional) Input Impedance 50 kΩ...

  • Page 39: Appendix

    10.Appendix 10. Appendix Appendix A: Enclosure Standard Accessories: A power cord that fits the standard of the destination country  A USB cable  A CD (PC link application software)  A Quick Guide  A BNC/Q9 cable  Appendix B: General Care and Cleaning General Care Do not store or leave the instrument where the liquid crystal display will be exposed to direct sunlight for long periods of time.

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