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Keysight E4980A/AL precision LCR meter

BenchMesh controls the Keysight E4980A/AL precision LCR meter from your PC: live readings on a lcr meter panel, every setting within reach, and every value recordable on one timeline with the rest of your bench.

Models

ModelStatus
E4980AAwaiting confirmation
E4980ALAwaiting confirmation

What you can do from BenchMesh

LCR meter panel 1 channel

Live readings

  • BIAS
  • BIAS ON
  • CIRCUIT
  • FREQ
  • FUNC
  • LEVEL
  • OVERLOAD
  • PRIMARY
  • RANGE
  • SECONDARY
  • SPEED

Settings you can change

  • Bias
  • Bias output
  • Correction
  • Frequency
  • Function
  • Level
  • Open correction
  • Range
  • Short correction
  • Speed
  • Trigger
  • Trigger source

Connections

USB-TMC
USB Test & Measurement Class (USB id 0957). No vendor driver needed on Linux; on Windows BenchMesh installs Microsoft’s WinUSB driver with one click.
LAN (SCPI socket)
TCP port 5025. Enter the instrument’s IP address.

Sources

The definition was written from these documents (definition keysight_e4980a v0.1.0).

  • qcodes_e4980a.py (BenchMeshDOC/keysight_e4980a), pages l.158-461 (commands), l.218-242 (limits)

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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