Pulsing Voltage and Current

The PXIe-4136 can perform common SMU operations to pulse voltage and current. In order to perform these operations, use the NI-DCPower driver to configure software settings and execute operations.

Refer to the following table for an overview of common SMU source and measure operations as well as the software setting combinations that enable the PXIe-4136 to perform each operation.

Table 9. Software Settings for PXIe-4136 Pulse Operations
PXIe-4136 Operation Software Settings
Output Function Source Mode
Pulse voltage Pulse Voltage Single Point or Sequence
Pulse current Pulse Current

Complete the following general steps to pulse current or voltage.