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Using the soft front panels to generate waveforms, Generating standard functions, Generating standard functions -11 – National Instruments PXI NI 5401 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Generating Functions with the NI 5401

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Using the Soft Front Panels to Generate Waveforms

You use the VirtualBench soft front panels to interactively control your
NI 5401 as you would a desktop function generator.

Generating Standard Functions

If you need to generate standard waveforms such as a sine, square, ramp,
or DC signal, you can use the VirtualBench-FG soft front panel shown in
Figure 1-6. Launch the front panel by selecting Start»Programs»National
Instruments FGEN»VirtualBench FG
. You use this front panel to
control the frequency, amplitude, offset, and type of waveform generated.
The maximum sine frequency you can generate is 16 MHz. The maximum
amplitude is 5 V

pk

into a 50

load. If the load is a high-impedance load,

the actual levels will be twice that shown on the front panel.

Figure 1-6. VirtualBench-FG Soft Front Panel for Function Generation