Hi! I’d like to show you how easy it is to download and use one of Keysight’s free,
30-day design & test software trials. Trials are available for all sorts of test
instruments, for everything from simulation to vector signal analysis to manufacturing
test, covering hundreds applications. There is absolutely no obligation when you
download a free trial- you don’t have to provide a credit card and you don’t have
to cancel your trial to avoid charges or automatic renewals.
It’s simple- Download a free trial, use it for 30 days and… Well, that’s it.
Let’s get started by downloading and exploring the 89600 VSA software, one of Keysight’s
most popular software packages, which is excellent for signal demodulation and vector signal
analysis. Let’s go to the free trials page,
click on the 89600 free trial and then click Download.
You will be asked to provide your name and email address.
Once you’ve done that, click Download. Be patient- the download may take a few minutes.
While it is downloading, it is a good idea to create an account, but first click OK on
the dialog box that pops up and then click Unzip on the next one.
Even if you already own or have tried the software, you
can try it again whenever we release a new version, so download a trial
to see what’s new. When unzip is complete press OK. When the
Installation Manager dialog comes up, click Install.
Next, click on “Install 89600 Software”
Click Next and follow the instructions.
When the setup is complete, click on “Finish”
Then click Exit and you will be prompted to re-boot your computer.
After the reboot open the 89600 VSA Software program
As the program launches, the Demo license overview will come up and then
the program will start. The best way to explore what the
software can do is to experiment with the over 100 recorded demo signals.
Today I’m going to demonstrate vector analysis and finding signals in the time and frequency
domains.
Go to File, then Recall. At the bottom, click on Recall Demo.
Open the “AM FM PM” folder and select an html file called “XMITTER” and click
open.
This pop-up window shows the XMITTER help as well as the signal description and demo
setup. Close this window and then
click the start button or go to the top menu and click on Control and then Restart.
Here’s an example of an analog FM transmitter signal, showing how settling characteristics
can be visualized within the 89600 VSA software traces.
The spectrogram shows the signal transient and gives an idea as to how long the settling
time is at the 5 MHz center frequency.
With these 2 traces, you can compare the simple spectrum and digital persistent views for
easy monitoring of the transients.
This is the cumulative history. Multiple traces combine into a single view and color is used
to show how often power exists, or presents, within a trace, as a percentage of the number
of measurement updates. Red through yellow indicate power presenting more often, while
darker blue indicates that power presents less often.
There are 3 more traces that give FM demodulated results along with the entire time trace shown
as Main Time. You can easily see the FM settling characteristics with FM Main Time and FM spectrum
corresponding to previous traces.
This is just a taste of what you can do.
Visit the 89600 VSA page to learn more about the software.
On that page, you’ll see a link to YouTube, where you can watch more in-depth demo videos.
I encourage you to check it out and then try it for yourself with a free 30-day free trial.
For free trials of other types of software organized by test platform and application visit
these pages.
Thank you!