2450 Interactive SourceMeter® Instrument User's Manual Source Meter User

• Model 2450 User's Manual
• Table of Contents
• Safety precautions
• 1 Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Introduction to this manual
  • Extended warranty
  • Contact information
  • CD-ROM contents
  • Organization of manual sections
  • Applications
• 2 Using the front-panel interface
  • Power the instrument on or off
  • Front panel overview
  • Turn the Model 2450 output on or off
  • Touchscreen display
    • Select items on the touchscreen
    • Scroll bars
    • Interactive swipe screens
    • Menu overview
  • Store measurements on a USB flash drive
  • Saving screen captures to a USB flash drive
• 3 Using a remote interface
  • Remote communications interfaces
  • Supported remote interfaces
  • GPIB communications
    • Install the GPIB driver software
    • Install the GPIB cards in your computer
    • Connect GPIB cables to your instrument
    • Set the GPIB address
  • LAN communications
    • Set up LAN communications on the instrument
    • Set up LAN communications on the computer
  • USB communications
    • Connect a computer to the Model 2450 using USB
    • Communicate with the instrument
  • Using the web interface
    • Connect to the instrument web interface
    • LAN troubleshooting suggestions
    • Identify the instrument
    • Review events in the event log
  • Determining the command set you will use
• 4 Making basic front-panel measurements
  • Introduction
  • Equipment required for this application
  • Device connections
  • Make front-panel measurements
    • How to make front-panel measurements
• 5 Measuring low-resistance devices
  • Introduction
  • Equipment required
  • Set up remote communications
  • Device connections
  • Low-resistance measurements
    • Set up the measurement from the front panel
    • View the measurements on the front-panel GRAPH swipe screen
    • View the buffer statistics on the front panel
    • Set up the low-resistance application using SCPI commands
    • Set up the low-resistance application using TSP commands
• 6 Leakage current and insulation resistance
  • Introduction
  • Equipment required
  • Set up remote communications
  • Device connections
  • Measuring leakage current
    • Set up the leakage current application using the front panel
    • View the measurements on the front-panel graph
    • Set up the leakage current application using SCPI commands
    • Set up the leakage current application using TSP commands
  • Measuring insulation resistance
    • Set up the insulation resistance application using the front panel
    • Viewing the measurements on the front-panel graph
    • Set up the application using SCPI commands
    • Set up the application using TSP commands
• 7 Measuring I-V characteristics of FETs
  • Introduction
  • Equipment required
  • Set up remote communications
  • Set up external hardware triggers
    • Connections for the SCPI command set
    • Connections for the TSP command set
  • Device connections
  • Remote control of FET testing using SCPI commands
    • Set up the application using SCPI commands with the trigger model
    • Set up the application using SCPI commands in a linear sweep
  • Remote control of FET testing using TSP commands
    • Set up the application using TSP commands with the trigger model
    • Set up the application using TSP commands in a linear sweep
• 8 Rechargeable battery measurements
  • Introduction
  • Equipment required
  • Device connections
  • Automated battery charge and discharge cycle testing
    • Set up remote communications
    • Set up the battery application using SCPI commands
    • Set up the battery application using TSP commands
• 9 Measuring I-V characteristics of solar cells
  • Introduction
  • Equipment required
  • Set up remote communications
  • Device connections
  • Solar cell characterization
    • Set up the solar cell I-V sweep from the front panel
    • Set up the solar cell I-V sweep using SCPI commands
    • Set up the solar cell I-V sweep using TSP commands
• 10 Troubleshooting FAQs
  • About this section
  • Where can I find updated drivers?
  • How do I upgrade the firmware?
  • Why can't the Model 2450 read my USB flash drive?
  • How do I change the command set?
  • Why am I getting a 5074 event code?
  • How do I save the present state of the instrument?
  • Why did my settings change?
  • What are the Quick Setup options?
• 11 Next steps
  • Additional Model 2450 information