Minghe

MHS5200 Function Generator

class instruments.minghe.MHS5200(filelike)

The MHS5200 is a low-cost, 2 channel function generator.

There is no user manual, but Al Williams has reverse-engineered the communications protocol: https://github.com/wd5gnr/mhs5200a/blob/master/MHS5200AProtocol.pdf

class Channel(mhs, idx)

Class representing a channel on the MHS52000.

duty_cycle

Gets/Sets the duty cycle of this channel.

Units:A fraction Type:float

enable

Gets/Sets the enable state of this channel.

Type:bool

frequency

Gets/Sets the frequency of this channel.

Units:As specified (if a Quantity) or assumed to be

of units hertz. :type: Quantity

function

Gets/Sets the wave type of this channel.

Type:MHS5200.Function

offset

Gets/Sets the offset of this channel.

The fraction of the duty cycle to offset the function by.

Type:float

phase

Gets/Sets the phase of this channel.

Units:As specified (if a Quantity) or assumed to be

of degrees. :type: Quantity

class Function

Enum containing valid wave modes for

sawtooth_down = 4

sawtooth_up = 3

sine = 0

square = 1

triangular = 2

channel

Gets a specific channel object. The desired channel is specified like one would access a list.

For instance, this would print the counts of the first channel:

>>> import instruments as ik
>>> mhs = ik.minghe.MHS5200.open_serial(vid=1027, pid=24577,

baud=19200, timeout=1) >>> print(mhs.channel[0].frequency)

Return type:list`[`MHS5200.Channel]

serial_number

Get the serial number, as an int

Return type:int