Standard Features and Measurement Capabilities
The following lists summarize some of the primary features available for the 89600 VSA software.
Optional Measurement Software applications provides additional information about their own feature sets (see About Optional Measurement Software).
Sections in this topic:
- Available Features
- Available Trace Features
- Available Measurement Data
- Available Trigger Types
- Available Average Types
- Available Data Sources
Available Features
- Multi-measurement capability
- Flexible trace layout
- Vector measurement
- Analog Demodulation
- Auto-ranging
- Complex Stimulus-Response measurements
- Time Gating
- Integrated source control
- Programmability (Macros, .NET API 1) Access Preamble Indicator, or 2) Application Programming Interface, SCPI)
- Printing
- Save / Recall (measurement setups, trace layouts, trace data, Signal Studio setups)
Available Trace features
- Markers (band power calculations, marker search, marker types)
- OBW and ACP measurements
- Limit tests
- Hotspots
- 3D trace mapping (spectrogram, digital persistence, cumulative history)
- Trace formats (magnitude, phase, group delay, etc.)
- Data sharing (multiple file formats)
- Data registers
- Save / Recall Traces
Available Measurement Data
For detailed information on any of these trace types, see Available Trace Data.
- Math Functions
- Data Registers
- PSD Power Spectral Density: See power spectral density.
- Spectrum
- Instantaneous Spectrum
- Time
- Gated Time
- Auto Correlation
- CCDF Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function
- CDF Cumulative Distribution Function: The cumulative probability that a parameter will be less than a given value X.
- PDF 1) Probability Density Function Trace Data, or 2) Portable Document Format (PDF) created by Adobe Systems is an open standard for document exchange.
- Frequency Response††
- Coherence††
- Cross Correlation††
- Cross Spectrum††
- Impulse Response††
†† This is a two-channel measurement and requires two input channels.
List does not include trace data for the Optional Measurement Software applications.
Available Trigger Types
For detailed information about these trigger types, see Trigger Types.
Available Average Types
For detailed information about these average types, see Selecting an Average Type.
Available Data Sources
- From hardware
- From a file (record and playback)
- From simulation software (ADS, SystemVue)
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