Intuilink Waveform - Editor ((hot))

The editor presents a Cartesian grid where X is time and Y is voltage. But here is the magic: It allows you to draw waveforms using or point-by-point dragging . Want a sine wave with a 10% duty cycle spike on the third period? You type it in. You don't wrestle with a nested menu structure. The "Poor Man's AWG" The most beloved feature of the IntuiLink Waveform Editor is the "Arbitrary to Standard" conversion.

For the uninitiated, IntuiLink was the bridge between a PC and a bench-top waveform generator (like the venerable 33120A or 33250A). But for those who have used it, the Waveform Editor was never just a driver. It was a sandbox. Modern arbitrary waveform generators (AWGs) come with massive touchscreens and complex Python APIs. But when you need to generate a 16-level staircase with a glitch exactly 2.3 milliseconds after the trigger, nothing beats the raw, spreadsheet-like logic of IntuiLink. intuilink waveform editor

With IntuiLink, you could capture that ringing via an oscilloscope (the sister app, IntuiLink for Scope), extract the waveform data, drop it into the Waveform Editor, edit the noise out , and then play the "corrected" version back into your circuit via the function generator. The editor presents a Cartesian grid where X

With IntuiLink, you opened the .BIN file, clicked "Draw Line," and you were done. You type it in

Many labs only have a basic function generator. IntuiLink allows you to take a complex custom waveform (say, an ECG simulation or a multi-tone audio signal), quantize it to the 8-bit, 16k-point memory of an old 33120A, and download it via GPIB or RS-232.

The IntuiLink Waveform Editor survives because it adheres to a forgotten principle of engineering software: You don't want to "learn the waveform editor." You want to generate a waveform. IntuiLink got out of your way.