Key Features
• Training board with up to eight
selectable modes of operation
• Works with four basic test
instruments and Agilent VEE
Pro 8.0
• Comes with teaching materials,
lab exercises and assessments
• Complete solution for
instrumentation teaching
Enables hands-on experience for
students
Solution for Basic Electronic
Teaching Lab
The U3000A
electronic
instrumentation
training kit provides
a learning
and teaching solution for
electronic
test instruments. With its
multiple
modes of operation, it offers
an
interactive learning experience to
students.
Step-by-step lab
exercises
enable students and
engineers to
explore the powerful
features of
Agilent’s instruments and
graphical
test and measurement
software.
Comprehensive teaching
materials on
test instruments provide
a link
between your teaching and
learning
efforts and the application of
electronic
test instruments in realworld
scenarios.
The Agilent U3000A
training kit
works with four basic
instruments
and one graphical test
software:
power supply, digital
multimeter,
digital oscilloscope,
function
generator, and Agilent VEE
Pro 8.0. This
makes the training kit an
essential
tool for your teaching lab.
Training Kit with Power Supply
Power supply
is one of the most
commonly used
tools in design
validation
and manufacturing tests.
The teaching
and lab materials help
students to
better understand the key
advantages of
various power supply
designs and
ways to optimize the
output.
Training Kit with Digital
Multimeter
Agilent
offers a wide range of digital
multimeters.
The Agilent U3000A
training kit
enhances your students’
knowledge of
the operation of DMMs.
In addition,
the students learn
techniques
that enable them to avoid
measurement
errors and to carry out
fast
troubleshooting processes.
Training Kit with Oscilloscope
For those who
wish to explore the
powerful
features of Agilent’s
oscilloscope,
the simulated waveforms
and lab
exercises of the U3000A will
walk you
through each function in
great detail.
Your students can also
learn how to
select an oscilloscope
that meets
their needs.
Training Kit with Function
Generator
Function
generator is an essential tool
in design
validation. In the lab
exercises,
your students will learn
ways to
produce and send various
signals to
the training board using
the Agilent’s
function generator. With
the provided
training materials, your
students are
able to learn operating
principles
and applications of various
types of
waveform generators.
Training Kit with Agilent VEE
Pro 8.0 and IO Connectivity
The Agilent
VEE Pro 8.0 graphical
language
environment software keeps
programming
simple and less complex
development
screen. This enables
users to
start making measurements
easily. With
the bundled teaching
materials,
students are able to learn
the graphical
programming basics, to
control the
instruments from their PC,
to automate
repetitive and iterative
measurement
tasks, and to send a
measurement
data to a log fi le. In
addition, the
82357B USB/GPIB
interface
allows a direct connection
from the USB
port to GPIB
instruments.
The 10833A GPIB-to-
GPIB cable
allows fl exibility and
scalability
without compromising the
performance.
U3000A + Power Supply
The Agilent
E3631A triple output
power supply
is the most
recommended
model to be operated
with U3000A
training board. For
operation
modes 3 through 8, two
regulated
voltage supplies are required
for the
Digital-to-Analog converter
(ADC) as
negative supply (VEE = –15
V) and output
voltage reference (VREF
= +10 V). The
microcontroller
processes the
input from the ADC
in order to
generate various types of
signals for
the lab exercises.
U3000A + Digital Multimeter
The
recommended 34405A digital
multimeter is
used to teach you how
to perform
voltage, current, resistance,
capacitance,
frequency, and diode
measurements
in practice. Use the
U3000A
training board with the digital
multimeter to
understand
measurement
connections and
methods.
U3000A + Digital Oscilloscope
The Agilent
DSO3000 Series economy
oscilloscope
represents the best
choice when
used in combination
with the
U3000A training board. Going
through the
provided lab exercises,
you will
learn to analyze various types
of signals or
waveforms generated by
the U3000A
training board, including
counter
signals, square waves from a
555 timer,
irregular pulse waves,
triangular
waves, and sinusoidal
waves.
The automatic
measurement functions
of the
oscilloscopes allow you to make
and display
any or all different
measurements
simultaneously. In
addition, you
will also learn to display
a waveform in
a frequency domain
using the
Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
function and
to fi lter a mixed
sinusoidal
signal using the digital
fi ltering
technique.
U3000A + Function Generator
The U3000A
training board consists of
an on-board
timer and a crystal
oscillator.
The provided lab exercises
guide you
through the necessary steps
to generate
input signals using the
Agilent
33220A function
generator, to
replace the on-board
timer and
microcontroller’s clock. You
are enabled
to control the
microcontroller’s
clock using the
33220A
function generator and to
observe the
resulting output from the
U3000A
training board.
U3000A + Agilent VEE Pro 8.0
+ IO Connectivity
Software Solution: Agilent VEE Pro
8.0
The Agilent
Visual Engineering
Environment
(VEE) Pro 8.0 software
provides you
a quick and easy path to
measurement
and analysis. By
keeping
programming simple and
utilizing the
high-level task oriented
“fl owchart”
design, Agilent VEE
makes
learning so straightforward that
you can get
started on your
measurement
tasks instantly.
hing
material coverage
• Power
supply design overview
• Advantages
and disadvantages of
linear power
supplies and
switching
power supplies
• Operating
principle of DC-DC
converters
• Methods of
power supply
protection
• Basic
principle of linear power
supply —
operating modes,
unwanted
signals, unregulated
states,
remote programming
• Practical
tips to optimize power
supply
capability for different
applications
Digital multimeter teaching
material coverage
• Basic functions
of digital
multimeter
• Operating
principles of the basic
functions
• Measurement
errors overview
• Advanced
functions that simplify
common
measurement tasks
• Circuit
fault fi nding with digital
multimeter
Digital oscilloscope teaching
material coverage
• Basic
functions of digital
oscilloscope
• Types of
oscilloscopes
• Digital
oscilloscope parameters
overview
• Performing
measurements with
digital
oscilloscopes
• Tips for
selecting your ideal
digital
oscilloscope
Function generator teaching
material coverage
• Operating
principles of the
function
generator
• Comparison
of function generator
and arbitrary
waveform generator
• Function
generator design and
operating
principles
•
Applications of the function
generator
Agilent VEE Pro 8.0 teaching
material coverage
Graphical
programming language
for test and
measurement
applications
Basic VEE
objects that control
data fl ow,
display or process data
Control
instruments from a PC
Automate
repetitive and iterative
measurement
tests
Send
measurement data to a log
Lab Exercises
Power supply lab exercises
• Rated
voltage and current
settings
check
• Voltage and
current
measurement
in Constant
Voltage (CV)
and Constant
Current (CC)
modes
• Waveform
analysis with power
supply to
training board
Digital multimeter lab
exercises
• Voltage and
current
measurements
• Resistance,
capacitance,
frequency,
and diode
measurements
Digital oscilloscope lab
exercises
• Waveform
measurements
• Digital
noise fi ltering
Function generator lab
exercises
• Modulated
waveform generation
• Waveform
generation to training
board
• Frequency
sweep generation
Automated lab exercises using
Agilent VEE Pro 8.0
Utilized a
GUI developed in
Agilent VEE
Pro to control the
instruments
(power supply,
digital
multimeter, digital
oscilloscope,
and function
generator)
To see what
are the SCPI
command used
in controlling the
instruments
Student lab exercises using
Agilent VEE Pro 8.0
Learn to
generate virtual
waveform and
view it using the
Waveform
(Time) and Spectrum
Magnitude
objects
Learn to
upload an arbitrary
waveform to a
function generator
