Speeding Up Repetitive Measurements

To ensure the safest possible instrument operation, IC-CAP performs checking and instrument initialization at the beginning of each measurement. When the same measurement is performed repeatedly, this checking and initialization is unnecessary. Repeated measurements, such as might be programmed within an IC-CAP Macro, can be accelerated if only the first such measurement is subject to this checking and initialization.

This section explains an IC-CAP feature called Fast Measurement that improves the speed of repetitive measurements. These Fast Measurement techniques minimize the use of I/O and instrument operations that are unnecessary when a measurement is repeated.