Plug in the unit using the power and USB-B cables provided.
The Source Measure Unit has two SMU channels (voltage source – current sense) and two Vsense channels (voltage sense).
Connect to one of the channels using a BNC connector.
Connect the other end of the cable to a device. Here, we are using a resistor as an example.
The Front Panel software is included with the Source Measure Unit.
Choose an applied voltage and an appropriate current range.
Turn on the SMU.
A light will show next to the SMU channel when it is turned on.
The measured voltage and current are displayed in the Front Panel software.
Now let's connect the SMU channel to an LED. 11 00:01:0-.500 --> 00:01:03.000 Apply a current-voltage (IV) sweep using the IV Curve software.
Choose the sweep parameters and click Measure.
The LED will light up and the IV sweep will be measured.
The data can then be saved to file.