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GW Instek · Waveform generator

GW Instek AFG-2000/AFG-2100 series function generator

BenchMesh controls the GW Instek AFG-2000/AFG-2100 series function generator from your PC: live readings on a waveform generator panel, every setting within reach, and every value recordable on one timeline with the rest of your bench.

Models

ModelStatus
AFG-2005Awaiting confirmation
AFG-2012Awaiting confirmation
AFG-2025Awaiting confirmation
AFG-2105Awaiting confirmation
AFG-2112Awaiting confirmation
AFG-2125Awaiting confirmation

What you can do from BenchMesh

Waveform generator panel 1 channel

Live readings

  • AMPL
  • FREQ
  • LOAD
  • OFFS
  • OUTPUT
  • SHAPE
  • SYMM

Settings you can change

  • Amplitude
  • Frequency
  • Offset
  • Output
  • Shape
  • Symmetry

Connections

USB-serial / RS-232
115200 baud, 8N1. Plug in the USB cable (or a USB-RS-232 adapter); BenchMesh finds the port.

Sources

The definition was written from these documents (definition gwinstek_afg2000 v0.1.0).

  • AFG-2000 Series User Manual (EF1, farnell 2713159), pages 86-88 (USB CDC, terminal, *idn?), 92 (terminators LF / LF CR), 96 (*IDN?), 104 (FUNCtion), 105-106 (FREQuency), 107 (AMPLitude), 108 (DCOffset), 109 (RAMP:SYMMetry), 110 (OUTPut), 111 (OUTPut:LOAD), 111-112 (VOLTage:UNIT)

Have one on your bench?

Connect it, press Detect, try the controls - then tell us how it went. Every confirmation moves a model from “Awaiting” to “Community-confirmed” for everyone.

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