Updates and Changes for InstrumentStudio Extended Support Versions

Related Information

• Remote RF Signal Analyzer Panel

  This section describes how to add a remote RF Signal Analyzer to your project to use remote RFmx hardware.

• Managing Remote Connection Preferences
• SMU Measurement Autorange

  When the range for a signal is unknown, using measurement autorange enables the signal range to be automatically determined.

• Enabling Preview Features

  Preview features are new features in InstrumentStudio that support specific workflows. They are not release-quality features, and may have functionality gaps. They are only supported for specific uses. You must enable preview features in the InstrumentStudio settings menu to use them.

• Setting Sample Rate and Record Length Manually

  By default, InstrumentStudio optimizes either the record length or sample rate of an oscilloscope when taking measurements. When the thumbnail preview is enabled with Data Display set to Live, InstrumentStudio limits the maximum record length to 1 million samples. When set to On demand, InstrumentStudio increases the maximum record length to 10 million samples. To configure larger records, use Manual Override mode. Enable Manual Override mode to manually configure both Sample rate and Record length settings for an oscilloscope.

• SMU/VPS Modes of Operation
• Analyzing RF Signals with an RF Signal Analyzer

  Create an RF signal analyzer panel to monitor and configure RF signal analyzer settings in InstrumentStudio.

• Customizing Oscilloscope Measurements

  You can use reference levels and gating to customize the measurements displayed in the measurement table. To customize these settings:

• Setting an Active Project Pin Map

  Set an active pin map to filter your view of connected sites, pins, and devices within your test system in InstrumentStudio.

• Generating RF Signals with an RF Signal Generator

  Create an RF signal generator panel to monitor and configure RF signal generator settings in InstrumentStudio.

• NI-DCPower Independent Channel Sessions

  InstrumentStudio creates a single multi-channel session for all devices in a single SMU device by default.

• Configuring SourceAdapt Parameters to Measure Transients
• Performing Cable Compensation

  Typically, you connect the digital multimeter (DMM) to a device under test with switches, fixtures, or cables. These switches and fixtures can introduce undesired errors into the measurement. Open and short cable compensation minimizes these measurement errors when taking capacitance or inductance measurements.

• Generating Waveforms with a Waveform Generator

  Use a waveform generator to monitor and configure waveforms in InstrumentStudio.

• Exporting a Device Configuration
• Exporting Configurations to TestStand

  Exporting configurations saves time when automating test sequences in TestStand. Once you configure your hardware in InstrumentStudio, you can export your configuration for use in TestStand sequences. You can export device and panel configurations to 64-bit TestStand 2019 or later. You can then use these configurations with LabVIEW, C#, C, or CVI automation code in a TestStand sequence.

• Pin Maps

  Pin maps define test instruments and hardware, sites and pins connected to a DUT, and how the test instruments and hardware connect to DUT pins for each test site. InstrumentStudio preserves mappings created in TestStand Semiconductor Module (TSM) pin maps.

• Capturing Data

  Using InstrumentStudio, you can capture data from an entire layout or a single panel. You can also take a screenshot without capturing data.

• Waveform Modes

  You can generate a waveform using one of the following two modes:

• Adding FFT Channels and Markers

  Use FFT channels with an oscilloscope to measure amplitude and frequency of a sample. You can also fetch more detailed measurements and search for peaks using markers.