The demo guide contains 1. Demo configuration, units are available in the Agilent demstock

a. Hardware

b. Software

c. Login information

d. Setup

e. Content of demo kit

2. Remote Demo, a remote setup is available in Bblingen. Booking is possible via a demo

outlook calendar. Please contact your regional MDM

3. Demo itself, how to start and do a demo using Matlab scripts

4. Troubleshooting

1.) Demo Configuration Hardware:

- M9505A - 5 slot AXIe chassis with

- M9536A - embedded PC (or standalone control PC)

- M8190A #B02 - 2 channel AWG with 14 bit, 8 Gsample and 2 GSa memory per channel

- Spectrum Analyzer (PSA, MXA or PXA) and/or

- Oscilloscope (80k, 90k, 90kX models)

- optionally: E8267A-#016 if you want to show I/Q up-conversion

- optionally: Marki M2-0020LK (or similar) mixer to demonstrate regular up-conversion

- Balun (is part of the M8190A demo kit)

- bring your own: SMA cables, SMA to BNC adapters (scope), SMA-to-N adapter (for spectrum analyzer)

Software (should all be pre-installed on M9536A embedded PC):

- M8190A firmware, on the M8190 home page www.agilent.com/find/M8190 under software/driver

- Soft-Frontpanel for AWG, download see link above

- MATLAB with example scripts. Script download see link above. Matlab trial download:

http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/product.jspx?cc=DE&lc=ger&ckey=1400139&nid=-

536902344.781262.00&id=1400139

- VSA software for scope calibration. 89600A VSA Software can be downloaded from the Agilent web.

http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/editorial.jspx?cc=DE&lc=ger&ckey=1303376&nid=-

33534.626685.02&id=1303376

Login Information (when using embedded PC M9536A with Agilent

demo unit) Login: demouser

Password: demo!123

Hardware Setup standard demo configuration:

The standard demo configuration that allows you to nicely demonstrate the signal performance of the

M8190A in a variety of applications (except I/Q) is this.

The balun in the path to the spectrum analyzer helps to suppress the 2nd harmonics and allows you to

generate a very clean multi-tone NPR signal with as much dynamic range as possible. The balun also acts

as a low-pass filter (~5 GHz). The cables from the M8190A to the balun should be a matched pair.

The 3 GHz filter in the path to the oscilloscope is optional, but it makes the signal look better in the time-

domain.

For demonstrating I/Q baseband signals, a slightly different setup is needed. This configuration is also

suggested if no spectrum analyzer is available.

PCIe

LAN

LAN-switch

(optional)

Labtop or

Desktop PC orEmbedded Controler

(5-slot Demo system) 2-slot chassis w/ 1 AWG module or

5-slot chassis w/ 2 AWG modules max

Remote LAN connection

Ch1+

Ch1-

Ch2+

M8190A Balun Spectrum A.

Oscilloscope 3 GHz filter Ch2- 50

Ch1+

Ch1-

Ch2+

M8190A Spectrum A.

Oscilloscope Ch2-

50

Ch1

Ch3

In this configuration it is important to have a matched cable pair for the scope connection. The spectrum

analyzer connection is optional. If it is not connected, the Ch1- output should be terminated with 50

Ohms.

For I/Q up-conversion, yet another setup is required:

Two matched cable pairs are required for this setup.

Setup The MATLAB scripts that are used for the demo remotely control the spectrum analyzer and oscilloscope.

One possibility to enable remote control is to connect LAN cables between the spectrum analyzer resp.

scope to the RJ45 connectors on the front panel of the M9536A embedded PC or the LAN connector on

the ESM interface board.

Obviously, the IP addresses on the scope and spectrum analyzer need to be set up to be in the desired

subnet. To verify the connection, try to ping the scope and spectrum analyzer from the embedded PC.

Also, you will have to add the scope to the Agilent I/O Expert configuration so that it will be

recognized by the VSA software.

In addition to connecting additional instruments to these LAN ports, one of them can also be used to

connect a laptop computer and run a Remote Desktop session from the laptop. This eliminates the

need to bring a monitor, keyboard and mouse for the embedded PC. As an alternative to Remote

Desktop, you can run the MATLAB scripts on your laptop computer.

Demo kit content

Qty Partnumber Description

1 9320-6687 CHINA ROHS ADDENDUM FOR PULSE-PATTERN GENERATOR

1 5185-9317 PCIE X1 EXPRESSCARD CABLE ADAPTER, B

1 5185-9283 CABLE-ASSEMBLY IPASS PCIE X1 TO X8 28AWG 2M-LG

1 0960-2937 INTERFACE CARD PCIE X8 40GBPS 3.3V 114.3MM-LG 55.88MM-HAT

Ch1+

Ch1-

Ch2+

M8190A Spectrum A.

Oscilloscope Ch2-

E8267D

Opt.016 Splitter

1 8121-2056 CABLE-ASSEMBLY IPASS PCIE X8 MALE 28AWG 2M-LG

6 M9392-80003 CABLE ASSEMBLY-COAXIAL 50-OHM SMA TO SMA, 1220 MM LG

4 M9392-80002 CABLE ASSEMBLY-COAXIAL 50-OHM SMA TO SMA, 457 MM LG

2 9135-6053 FILTER-LOW PASS 2800MHZ-MAX SMA

2 9135-6076 FILTER-LOW PASS 3900MHZ-MAX SMA VLF-3800+

1 2090-1013 MONITOR LCD 20-IN

1 0955-2326 MICROWAVE PHASE-MATCHED BALUN 6.5GHZ-MAX SMA JACK

1 1150-7896 104 KEY STANDARD KEYBOARD WITH USB CONNECTOR

1 1150-7799 OPTICAL MOUSE USB PS2

1 M8190-10112 AGILENT USER SW MEDIA KIT Rev. 2

1 E2094-60003 IO LIBRARIES MEDIA SUITE

1 M8190-91011 DEMO-GUIDE FOR M8190A - EXTENDED

1 M8190-91012 CONTENT LIST FOR DEMO-KIT M8190A - EXTENDED

1 8121-1766 CABLE-ASSEMBLY POWERCORD 3-COND 250V 16A

1 8121-1763 CABLE ASSEMBLY-POWER CORD 3-C0NDUCTOR 15A 125V

1 8121-1713 CABLE-ASSEMBLY POWER-CORD 15A 125V

1 8121-1222 POWER CORD, EUROPE AND SOUTH KOREA, C19, 15A, 250V

1 5962-0476 CALIBRATION CERTIFICATE

1 9230-0333 ENVELOPE-CALIBRATION CERTIFICATE (241.3 MM X 317.5 MM)

1 M8190-61605 DYNAMIC CONTROL INPUT CABLE

1 M8190-68399 PACKAGING SET FOR DEMO CASE

1 9211-8355 CASE-TRANSIT-WHEELED 27.7X20.98X15.5-IN NO-FOAM BLACK

2.) Remote Demo:

How to make a remote connection to the BBN demosetup:

Step 1: Connect to the control PC via Remote Desktop Connection.

Therefore double click the AWG Demo.rdp file below. For further use of this connection Copy & Paste

the AWG Demo.RDP to your desktop.

Step 2: A login window appears.

Enter the following credentials:

Account: CZC110BXPK\Instrument Password: M8190A4u

Step 3: Start your demo.

Password:

M8190A4u

3.) M8190A demo:

How to start the demo In the upper left corner you will find the connection shortcuts to connect to the Scope, PSG, Spectrum

Analyzer and the AWG demo board.

- Make sure the M8190A firmware is running on the embedded PC. (Start Agilent M8190A

M8190). The firmware window can be minimized.

[In case you are using your own PC, please see the instructions in the Agilent Arbitrary Waveform

Generator M8190A-B02 M8190A-91010. ]

- Start MATLAB (should be an icon on the desktop)

The MATLAB startup-script will automatically launch the MATLAB example main window:

- If it does not start automatically, locate the script iqmain.m, right mouse click and run.

(iqmain.m is located in c:\Program Files(x86)\Agilent\M8190A\Examples\MATLAB\iqtools)

From the iqtools main window, you can launch the Instrument configuration window as well as various

waveform creation scripts. In the instrument connection window you need to configure the connection

to the spectrum analyzer (if you have one connected). The left hand side (AWG connection) should

already be set correctly (Instrument model: M8190A, Connection Type: visa, VISA Address:

TCPIP0::localhost::hislip0::INSTR). If you are running the MATLAB tools from your laptop, replace

localhost by the IP address of the M9536A embedded PC.

Multi-tone signal with flatness calibration As a first demonstration signal, you can click on the Multi-Tone Signal &

Flatness Correction button, which opens the Multi-tone window:

The default settings in this window will create a 100-tone multi-tone signal with

random phase distribution in the range 20 MHz to 2 GHz. If you would like to

look at how this signal looks in theory, press the Display button to see the

time-domain and frequency domain representation of the calculated waveform.

Now press the Download button in the Multi-Tone window. Now it is time to look at the waveform

that has been generated

Connect to the Spectrum analyzer and look at the generated signal. Best experience is by using the

Remote Desktop connection (shortcut on desktop), but its also possible to use VNC or LXI for

connecting)

As a starting point choose a preset with SA setup from the preset in the iqtone_gui, or you probably

need to manually adjust the settings of the spectrum analyzer to see the desired spectrum.

Without flatness correction, youll notice the typical sin(x)/x roll-off of the output signal.

To compensate for this non-flatness, change the selection box Calibrate using to Spectrum Analyzer

and press the Calibrate button. (Make sure that the Apply Correction checkbox is OFF before you

perform your initial correction). If your connection to the spectrum analyzer is configured correctly, you

will see the center frequency on the spectrum analyzer toggle through the tone frequencies. After it has

completed the sweep, you will briefly see a plot with the measured frequency response.

The equalization will take approx. 20 seconds for 100 tones. You can use more tones to increase

accuracy, but this will also increase the execution time. Once the measurement is complete, the pre-

distorted waveform is automatically downloaded. (Notice the checkbox Apply correction is now

checked)

The spectrum analyzer should now look like this:

The equalization data that has just been measured is automatically stored in a file and can be used for

other waveforms as well. You can go back and forth between the corrected and un-corrected waveform

by checking or un-checking the Apply Correction checkbox in each of the MATLAB script windows and

downloading the waveform again.

Flatness correction of I/Q baseband or up-converted signals The flatness correction as described above corrects the frequency response of a single AWG output

channel. You can use the same correction mechanism to correct the frequency of an up-converted IF

signal. Simply specify the LO frequency in the field Fc (calibration only) and connect the up-converted

signal to the spectrum analyzer. The script will take the frequency shift into account and perform the

flatness calibration accordingly.

The flatness correction also works for I/Q up-converted signal. In this case, you should set your multi-

tone signal that spans from the negative to positive frequencies. Make sure that you use an asymmetric

set of frequencies so that images dont fall on top of tones. A good example is the Multi-tone preset +/-

1 GHz, asymm., 101 tones.

NPR measurement signals You can change the multi-tone setup to create an NPR (noise-power-ratio) waveform by adding a notch

to your multi-tone signal. Simply check the Notch checkbox in the Multi-tone window and set the

desired parameters and download the waveform again. For a 100-tone signal up to 2 GHz with the balun

on the output, you can expect the notch depth to be around 60 dB.

CW and 2-tone signals You can also use this utility to generate CW or two-tone signals. Just set the number of tones to 1 or 2

and specify the desired frequencies. Note, that you can use MATLAB expressions all of the fields. To

generate for example a two-tone signal with 10 MHz distance between the tones, you can set the start

frequency to 100e6 - 5e6 and the stop frequency to 100e6 + 5e6.

Noise signals In order to generate band-limited pseudo-random noise you have to set the # of tones parameter to

zero and the start and stop frequency to the lower and upper band limit for your noise signal. For noise,

you have to specify the number of samples manually. If you choose a large number of samples, the

quality (i.e. the random-ness) of the noise signal increases, but it also increases the calculation time. A

good starting point is about 1 million samples.

Similar to the multi-tone signal, you can add a notch to the noise signal. Just turn on the Notch

checkbox and specify the notch center, width and depth. You can even specify multiple notches (with

the same or different width and depth) by entering a MATLAB expression into the notch center

(width/depth) field that evaluates to a vector. E.g. the expression [100e6 200e6 500e6] will generate

notches at 100, 200 and 500 MHz. To generate equally spaced notches, you can use expressions such as

linspace(100e6, 900e6, 9), which will generate 9 notches equally spaced between 100 and 900 MHz.

Flatness correction using the oscilloscope and VSA software If you dont have a spectrum analyzer

connected or if you intend to analyze your

final signal on the oscilloscope, you can

alternatively perform the flatness

calibration using the oscilloscope and the

VSA software. To perform the flatness

calibration using the scope, make sure that

the VSA software automatically connects

to the oscilloscope. NOTE: If you have

launched the VSA software manually,

please exit the application now. The

MATLAB script only works correctly if VSA

is started by the MATLAB script.

Now change the Calibrate using popupmenu in the Multi-Tone window to VSA Software and press Calibrate. After about 30 to 40 seconds, the VSA software should come up. The MATLAB script will automatically configure the VSA software to match the multi-tone signal. Once the dialog box Please check input range and press OK to start calibration. appears, verify that you have a correct signal display and press OK. If not, press Cancel and configure VSA to show a correct signal.

Creating a digitally modulated signal

In the iqtools main window, click on Digital Modulations (single & multi

carrier). This brings up another window that lets you specify the

parameters for a digital modulation signal. The parameter Carrier Offset

determines if an I/Q baseband signal (Carrier Offset = 0) or an IF/RF

signal is generated (Carrier Offset > 0).

If you take the default parameters, a 1 GSym/s QAM16 signal will be

generated at a 2 GHz IF frequency. If desired, you can use the Display

button to look at the theoretical time-domain and frequency domain

signal. After you click Download, the spectrum analyzer screen should

look similar to the following:

In order to look at the demodulated signal, you need to capture the signal using the scope and

demodulate it using the VSA software. If you previously launched the VSA software manually, please

exit the application now. The MATLAB script only works correctly if VSA is started by the MATLAB

script. However, if the VSA software was previously started by one of the MATLAB scripts, the same

instance will be re-used.

Amplitude and Phase corrections for Digital modulation waveforms When generating a digitally modulated signal with the Digital modulations utility, you can significantly

improve the EVM (Error Vector Magnitude) by performing an amplitude and phase calibration in

conjunction with the VSA software. The VSA software has to be installed on the same PC that runs the

MATLAB scripts. The connection to the oscilloscope that captures the signal has to be established before

using the calibration function in the MATLAB script. The calibration routine uses the equalizer that is

built into the VSA software to determine the channel frequency response. The MATLAB script uses the

complex frequency response of the equalizer to calculate a pre-distorted waveform. Unlike the flatness

correction using multi-tone, this method corrects magnitude and phase of the signal.

To launch the VSA software from the

MATLAB script, press the Calibrate (VSA)

button in the Digital Modulations window.

The Calibrate function will configure the

VSA software with the modulation

parameters you have selected in your

Digital Modulation window and turn on

the built-in equalizer to determine the

frequency response of the channel. (Even if

you dont need the magnitude/phase

calibration, this is a convenient way to set

up the VSA software with the desired

parameters.)

Once the dialog box Please check input range and press OK

to start calibration. appears, verify that you have a correct

signal display, check the Input Range of the signal and press OK. If you

dont want to perform the calibration, simply press Cancel at this point. After you press OK, the MATLAB

script will read back the frequency response from the VSA software and use it to download a pre-

distorted signal into the AWG and turn off the equalizer. For a 1 GHz wide QAM16 signal you can expect

an EVM less than 1% using this method.

Note: If you are working with the I/Q baseband setup, it is important that you adjust the relative

amplitude, offset and skew of the two channels before generating the digital modulation signal.

Currently, this adjustment has to be done manually. We are working on an automated calibration

procedure.

Creating a LFM chirp radar pulse signal To create a radar pulse, select Radar Pulses with Frequency Chirps In the iqmain

window. This brings up another window that lets you specify the parameters for

the pulse. To start with, use the default parameters and check the Apply

correction checkbox to use the flatness correction that has been established with

the multi-tone signal in the multi-tone demo. Then click Download in the iqpulse

window.

The spectrum analyzer should show the following:

Just like in the previous example, the VSA software can be used to display this wideband chirp . Recall

the setup called chirp2GHz2GHz.set or RadarChirp_2GHz_2e-6sec. With that, you should see a

screen similar to this one on the scope. Feel free to change the parameters and experiment with the

setup.

Generating Serial Data signals

The Serial Data Generation button in the main window opens a script that

allows you to generate distorted serial data patterns. The maximum data rate

you can achieve is about of the sample rate. This is due to the fact that the

signal must be oversampled about 4 times to generate the distortions with

reasonable accuracy. Another limitation is typically the analog bandwidth of the

AWG.

The tool allows you to generate 2-level random and clock patterns as well as

multi-level and user-defined patterns. You can set the data rate, the transition time, sinusoidal jitter,

random jitter, ISI and noise.

Similar to the other tools, you can use the Display button to visualize the generated waveform in

MATLAB. (Note that the jitter analysis

tool currently does not work for multi-

level signals).

On the oscilloscope, it is best to use

the Jitter Analysis or Serial Data

Analysis functions to visualize the

generated waveform.

In order to generate a clean time-

domain signal, it is strongly

recommended to use an external re-

construction filter on the AWG output

with a cutoff frequency below fs/2.

Download of existing waveforms to the AWG

To load an existing waveform to the AWG, choose Load data from file. Choose filename and format

and select the correct sample rate for playback.

An example.csv file is included with the IQtools.

If you want to playback the same freq. of the waveform but at a different sample rate choose

Resampling and enter a new sample rate.

Press Download to download and start the waveform output.

Sequencer setup / Sequence Editor

The Sequencer setup button in the main window opens a window of a simple sequence editor. Here

you can define a list/sequence of segments (containing waveforms) which should be played once or

multiple times one after another.

For an example waveform consisting of cycles of a trapezoidal and square waveforms, first choose

function generator in main IQTools, then enter the following parameters and press Download to

download this first waveform in first AWG memory segment.

Now for the second shape, the square signal, choose the following parameters and press Download.

Segment 1

Segment 2

Now to define the sequence list, start Sequence setup in main window and enter a list as follows:

This will loop the first segment 3 times and after that Auto advance continues to play the second

segment for two times.

Press Download and run in Sequnce mode to start the sequnce. The outputwill look like this on a

scope:

4.) Troubleshooting

Logins and Passwords

Remote Demo PC

Login: CZC110BXPK\Instrument , passwd: M8190A4u

Spectrum Analyzer:

Click on Spectrum Analyzer button, login: Instrument, passwd: measure4u

Scope:

Click on VNC scope button

Errors on remote demo PC

In case you get the following error message e.g. when trying to download a waveform to the M8190A

AWG, check connection to M8190A, or start/restart M8190A firmware.

Front panel of M8190A

The steady green Access LED indicates that a PCIExpress link has been established with the AWG

module. If the green light is OFF after the embedded PC has booted, the communication to the AWG

module is not working. Try re-booting the system.

Whenever you download a waveform or send a command to the M8190A, the green access light should

briefly blink and go back to steady ON.

The red Fail LED has following functionality

It is on for about 30 seconds after powering the AXIe chassis

During normal operation of the module the LED is OFF unless there is an error

condition such as a self test error. In this case the red LED is on. Rebooting of the entire

setup helps sometimes.

Connection to remote demo PC

In case you have problems connecting to the remote demo PCs. There are two possibilities to connect

the hardware:

- Directly connect to the AWG, Scope and Spectrum Analyzer via VNC.

- Connect to the computer xy, start remote desktop connections to the instruments and start a

webex session on the computer. This setup has two advantages:

o The remote desktop connection on the Spectrum analyzer is faster compared to VNC

o You can start a webex session on the computer, and even give your customers control

over the instruments via webex.

Equipment Control remote demo setup

embedded PC M9536A: 130.168.193.42

or Remote Demo PC: CZC110BXPK

or

AWG M8190A N9020A MXA Spectrum Analyzer 134.40.174.225 Instrument measure4u

DSO81204

12 GHz Scope

134.40.174.170

VNC or remote desktop

Soft Front Panel (SFP)

For the extended AWG the SFP is a powerful tool to check settings and change parameters.

It consists of different tabs for the different functions like clock, output, aux and status.

Clock: Change clock source, rate and sample clock out routing.

Output: choose DAC mode, amplifier/direct output, setting the amplitudes and delays.

Aux: Configure trigger, events and markers

Status/control: choose segments and shows status like arming and sequencer.

To make sure sure that the GUI reflects the most recent status make sure to select Auto Refresh in

the GUI.