Hi

I have no experience with this instrument. Here is a description on the control interface

http://www.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/B1500_pnp_gd_1.pdf

Here are some LabView interfaces

http://sine.ni.com/apps/utf8/niid_web_display.download_page?p_id_guid=5C90B2F1025245B9E0440003BA7CCD71

http://sine.ni.com/apps/utf8/niid_web_display.model_page?p_model_id=7864

You might find some more drivers here

http://www.keysight.com/main/editorial.jspx?cc=SE&lc=eng&ckey=1441328&id=1441328&cmpid=zzfinddrivers

Sincerely

Claes

Dear Rajesh,

I have little exprerience on labview, but using this i did not handale this instrument even before.  I see your device specification where GPIB interface is abvailable. You can control your SMU and CV through GPIB interface.This type of interfacing can be programmed and control by using labview. For your convenience, i have attached a link of pdf document herewith, which will guide you about different control commands.

https://www.ni.com/pdf/academic/us/journals/lv02_31.pdf

If you are not so familiar with instrumental programming and only want some simple function to be realized with PC, I suggest Labview, Matlab is no easy in this case, you need expertise, whereas Labview is built for such application.

Hello Rajesh,

Christmas and New Year Greetings!

Kindly note that high-end measuring instruments are always provided with IEEE488-GPIB bus interface for instrument control. If you want to use LabView or MATLAB only software is not going to help you. You need a hardware add-on card with your PC that provides the necessary GPIB bus hardware interface to talk to your instrument.

On the other hand, if you look for simpler options such as RS232 or USB, the communication protocol would be much easier. In the instrument manual you should have all the details of the commands and instructions defined in the protocol.

Your "MAIN" aim is to "CONTROL" your instrument "EXTERNALLY"; I believe that is the main requirement, not necessarily any specific platform.

You can write a small C or C++ program using the defined protocol to communicate over the serial link. This is at least quick and cheaper solution to get started. Later on you can decide to upgrade should the need arise.

I hope this info would be of helpful to you.

Wishing you success!

hello Rajesh,

Happy new year!

have you gotten the labview program to control Agilent B1500A ? If it is yes,could you send the program to me by e-mail? Thank you very much!

My e-mail address is: [email protected]

Dear all,

Thanks for your replies. I do have the GPIB interface and i am able to connect it to the instrument also. But i am not getting the correct graphs. If anyone has used any programming methods to control this instrument. 

Rajesh,

Were you able to program the B1500? I wrote two small programs in MATLAB; one to do a spot measurement, and the other to do a staircase (IV-Sweep) measurement. However, I haven't be able get measure currents when sourcing voltage, or vice versa.

http://sine.ni.com/apps/utf8/niid_web_display.download_page?p_id_guid=5C90B2F1025245B9E0440003BA7CCD71