HP 16500A 16510-90909 Logic Analysis System Programming Reference II 1988

HP 16500A 16510-90909 Logic Analysis System Programming Reference II 1988

This is Volume II of the original Hewlett-Packard Programming Reference manual for the HP 16500A Logic Analysis System, HP part number 16510-90909, printed September 1988. It is the definitive GPIB/programming command reference for the 16500A mainframe and its plug-in modules, covering the full command set used to control the system programmatically via HP-IB (IEEE-488). The manual is presented in a gray HP ring binder with tabbed sections for each subsystem.

Specifications & What's Included

• Title: HP 16500A Logic Analysis System Programming Reference, Volume II
• HP Part Number / Publication Number: 16510-90909
• Print Date: September 1988
• Format: Printed ring binder (gray Hewlett-Packard binder)
• Language: English
• Covers: HP 16500A mainframe programming command set
• Chapter 1: Programming the HP 16510A — mainframe commands including CARDage, MENU, SELect, STAR, STOP, SYSTem:ERRor, MMEMory, INTermodule, MESE, MESR
• Chapter 2: Module Level Commands — ARMLite, MACHine, WLISt
• Chapter 3: MACHine Subsystem — ARM, ASSignment, AUToscale, NAME, TYPE
• Chapter 4: WLISt Subsystem — OSTate, XSTate, OTIMe, XTIMe
• Chapter 5: SFORmat Subsystem — CLOCk, CPERiod, LABel, MASTer, REMove, SLAVe, THReshold
• Chapter 6: STRace Subsystem — BRANch, PREStore, RANGe, RESTart, SEQuence, STORe, TAGe, TERM
• Chapter 7: SLISt Subsystem — COLumn, DATA, LINE, MMODe, OPATtern, OSEarch, OSTate, OTAG, RUNTil, TAVerage, TMAXimum, TMINimum, VRUNs, XOTag, XPATtern, XSEarch, XSTate, XTag
• Chapter 8: TFORmat Subsystem — LABel, REMove, THReshold
• Chapter 9: TTRace Subsystem — AMODe, DURation, EDGE, GLITch, PATTern
• Chapter 10: TWAVeform Subsystem — ACCumulate, DELay, INSert, MINimum, MMODe, DCONdition, OPATtern, OSEarch, OTIMe, OVERlay, PLUS, RANGe, REMove, RUNTil, SPERiod, TAVerage, TMAXimum, TMINimum, VRUNs, XCONdition, XOTime, XPATtern, XSEarch, XTIMe
• Chapter 11: SYMBol Subsystem — BASE, PATTern, RANGe, REMove, WIDTh
• Appendix A: Data and Setup Commands — SYSTem:DATA, SYSTem:SETup block data definitions
• Index included

Applications

The HP 16500A is a modular logic analysis system introduced by Hewlett-Packard in the late 1980s. The mainframe accepts interchangeable plug-in measurement modules — logic analyzers, oscilloscope cards, pattern generators, and protocol analyzers — and controls them through a common HP-IB (IEEE-488 / GPIB) bus interface. This Programming Reference Volume II is the resource engineers use to automate the 16500A via remote control from a computer or controller: it documents every GPIB command, subsystem, query, and response syntax needed to write test programs, automated measurement sequences, or ATE (automated test equipment) scripts. It was used heavily in semiconductor, aerospace, telecommunications, and defense electronics development labs during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Engineers maintaining legacy 16500A systems, writing HP-IB automation software, or reverse-engineering older test setups still rely on this manual today, as it is not always available in complete digital form. Compatible with the HP 16500A mainframe and modules including the HP 16510A.