05 | Keysight | M9099 Waveform Creator Application Software - Technical Overview

Construct Complex Waveforms with Drag-and-Drop

Simplicity

A variety of powerful software tools are available for waveform creation at baseband

and RF frequencies. The most popular choices for custom baseband and modulated

RF waveform creation have been EDA tools like Keysight ADS or Keysight SystemVue,

and algorithm tools like MATLAB from The MathWorks or other scripting/programming

languages like C++, Python, or LabView. Each of these choices have strengths and

weaknesses.

Keysight’s Waveform Creator provides a superior framework for creating custom

baseband and modulated RF waveforms while allowing you to preserve your

investment in other software through a drag-and-drop interface that supports importing

waveform IP from other tools. This complements other Waveform Creator capabilities

such as multi-tone waveform creation, basic digital modulation, and standard “utility”

waveforms.

With Waveform Creator you create individual waveform segments using waveform

plug-ins that come with the software – or custom plug-ins that you create. Once you

configure a waveform segment, assembling a signal is a matter of dragging and

As Simple as 1, 2, 3...

Step 1. Select the desired waveform parameters and drag them onto the desired track.

dropping waveform segments into

tracks and modifying the segment

attributes using user-definable

parameters. You can also add noise,

IQ impairments, smoothing filters, and

pre-corrections to customize the final,

aggregated waveform as needed. In

the final step, you select a sample rate

that matches the desired hardware and

download the signal to a compatible

signal generator or arbitrary waveform

generator, or output to a waveform

file. Every step of the way, Waveform

Creator automatically recalculates the

final waveform and displays the result

in both time and frequency domains

prior to download. For more

information, please refer to the

application note “Easily Create Custom

Waveforms with Waveform Creator”,

literature number 5991-3203EN.