03 Keysight M9186A PXI Voltage/Current Source Data Sheet
Easy Setup ... Test ... and
Maintenance
Software Platform
IO Libraries
Hardware Platform
Keysight IO Libraries Suite offers FAST and EASY connection to
instruments and the newest version extends that capability to
include modular instruments.
Compliance
The M9186A is PXI compliant, using either a cPCI, PXI-1
or PXI Hybrid slot. The products can be integrated with
other test and automation modules in cPCI, PXI-1 and
PXI-H chassis (hybrid slots). The PXI format offers high
performance in a small, rugged package. It is an ideal
deployment platform for many automated test systems.
A wide array of complementary PXI products are currently
available. Products include multimeters, waveform
generators, local oscillators, digitizers, downconverters
and switch multiplexers.
NEW support for PXI — The Keysight IO Libraries Suite helps
you display ALL of the modules in your system. From here you
can view information about the installed software or start the
modules’ soft front panel. Launch the modules’ soft front panel
directly from Keysight Connection Expert.
Drivers
The M9186A voltage current source is supplied with a compre-
hensive portfolio of module drivers, documentation, examples,
and software tools to help you quickly develop test systems
with your software platform of choice. The module comes with
IVI-COM, IVI-C, and LabVIEW G software drivers that work in
the most popular test and measurement development environ-
ments including LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI from National
Instruments, Microsoft® C/C++, C#, and VB.NET®.
Range
The M9186A has one of the largest PXI based voltage
current range from –10 to 100 V at 20 mA for high voltage
source or ±200 mA over ±16V range (4-quadrant operation)
at low voltage range. This enables characterization of the
device under test for parametric test of I/O pins.
Easy software integration
The module software support provides context sensitive help,
complete documentation and code examples that allow a quick
module set up and basic acquisition functionalities. These code
examples can be easily modified, so that the card can be quickly
integrated into a test system. Included are application code
examples for LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Visual Studio® C, C++,
and C# and Visual Basic.
Fig. 1a. 4-quadrant voltage current of M9186A
SENSE input
The M9186A has a SENSE input that enables accurate
voltage source to the I/O pins of a device under test. This
is done by having feedback loop to enable the high and low
voltage amplifiers to sense the amount of current flowing
while forcing a constant voltage.
SENSE
R
+
+
AMP
AMP
Control
of
FPGA
Amplitude
DAC
Isolator
OUTPUT
R1
R2
R3
R4
DCOMGND
Interlock INTRLCK
Figure 1b. M9186A system connections with SENSE input
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