Using the Pattern Generator

1.1

Plug in your <test & measurement device>, then start WaveForms and make sure your device is connected.

If no device is connected to the host computer when WaveForms launches, the Device Manager will launch automatically.

Make sure that the device is plugged in and turned on, at which point it will appear in the Device Manager's device list (1). Click on the device in the list (“DEMO” devices are also listed, which allow the user to use WaveForms and create projects without a physical device) to select it, then click the Select button (2) to close the Device Manager.

Note: The Device Manager can be reopened by clicking on the “Connected Device” button in the bottom right corner of the screen (3), or by selecting “Device Manager” from the “Settings” menu at the top of the screen.

1.2

Once the Welcome page loads, in the instrument panel at the left side of the window, click on the Patterns button to open the Pattern Generator instrument.

1.3

Once the Pattern Generator instrument opens, the window contains the output plot (1), the configuration panel (2) to left of the plot, and the control toolbar (3) at the top of the window.

2.1 Software Setup

On the left panel, select the “Click to Add channels” (1 in image at right) or the green plus button (). The menu that pops up allows signals to be added as individual lines, a bus, a standard protocol, or a custom protocol. To add individual lines, select “Signal” (2) and use CTRL and/or SHIFT to select multiple lines. For now, select DIO 0 and click “Ok”. Under the Type column, choose “Clock” from the dropdown menu and leave the other settings in their default state.

Return to WaveForms' Welcome page by clicking on its tab at the top left of the screen and select Logic. Alternatively, press the green plus button next to “Welcome” in the tab to add the instrument (3). On the left panel, select the “Click to Add channels” button or the green plus button (). From “Signals” select DIO 0 and click “Ok”. For a detailed tutorial on using the Logic Analyzer instrument, click here ().

2.2 Generate Data

In the Pattern Generator instrument, click the Run button () button in the control bar, and then click the Run button in the Logic Analyzer instrument (1 & 2, respectively, in the image to the right). The signal being generated by the Patterns instruments should appear in the Logic Analyzer instrument.