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Eldo Control Language
Library of Functions for Tasks
wcreate_data_type
Task function category: Functions Creating New Waveforms
If the appropriate data type does not exist, it is possible to create it using this function.
Usage
wcreate_data_type("name", "base_type")
wcreate_data_type("name", "base_type", "scale_table")
Arguments
• "name"
Name of the new data type (it must be different from existing data types).
• "base_type"
Basic type of the values that will be allowed for this data type. It can be one of the following
strings:
"-Double" for double precision floating point values.
"-Long" for integer values.
"-Complex" for complex values.
"-Enum" to define an enumerated type (need to use wadd_data_enum_value then to
define the allowed values).
• "scale_table"
Name of the associated scale table (where units for this data type are defined). It can be one
of the following:
"Current" for a current scale table (sub-units: fA, pA, nA, …, A, …).
"Frequency" for a frequency scale table (sub-units: fHz, pHz, nHz, …, Hz, …).
"Magnitude" for a magnitude scale table (unit: dB).
"noise" for a noise scale table (unit: dBc).
"Phase" for a phase scale table (unit: radians).
"phased" for a phase scale table (unit: degrees).
"phaseg" for a phase scale table (unit: gradians).
"temperatureC" for a temperature scale table (unit: Celsius).
"temperatureK" for a temperature scale table (unit: Kelvin).
"Time" for a time scale table (sub-units: fs, ps, ns, …, s, …).
"Voltage" for a voltage scale table (sub-units: fV, pV, nV, …, V, …).
Any scale table created with wcreate_scale_table and wadd_scale.
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Eldo® User's Manual, 15.3