Keithley Instruments Releases 11 New 'How-To' Videos on Configuring and Operating Source-Measure Units


CLEVELAND, Dec. 7, 2010 - Keithley Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: KEI), a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, has produced a series of 11 new tutorial videos on topics related to configuring and operating one of their most popular product types, Source-Measure Units (SMUs). The videos, which range from one to four minutes in length, focus on the award-winning Series 2400 SourceMeter® instruments and can be downloaded and viewed at www.youtube.com/KeithleyInst.

The titles of the new videos are:

o How to Use Saved Set-ups
o How to Set up GPIB/RS-232 Communication
o How to Set up a Fast Voltage Pulse
o How to Restore Factory Defaults
o How to Find the Serial # and Firmware Revision
o How to Enable/Disable Source Autoclear
o How to Enable/Disable the Beeper
o How to Configure the Limits
o How to Configure Output-off Modes
o How to Configure Local/Remote Sense
o The Difference between Real and Range Compliance

The Series 2400 SourceMeter® instruments, which have received the Test of Time Award from Test & Measurement World magazine, have the ability to measure current and source voltage simultaneously, or measure voltage and source current simultaneously. Introduced in 1996, SourceMeter instruments are widely used in both R&D and production test applications requiring tightly coupled sourcing and measurement, such as I-V characterization of electronic components and DC parametric test.

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To view Keithley's SMU how-to videos, please visit www.youtube.com/KeithleyInst. To learn more about Keithley, contact the company at:

Telephone: 888-534-8453, 440-248-0400
FAX: 440-248-6168
E-mail: publisher@keithley.com
Internet: www.keithley.com
Address: Keithley Instruments, Inc.
28775 Aurora Road
Cleveland, OH 44139-1891

About Keithley Instruments, Inc.

With more than 60 years of measurement expertise, Keithley Instruments has become a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems. Our customers are scientists and engineers in the worldwide electronics industry involved with advanced materials research, semiconductor device development and fabrication, and the production of end products such as portable wireless devices. The value we provide them is a combination of products for their critical measurement needs and a rich understanding of their applications to improve the quality of their products and reduce their cost of test.

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Keithley Instruments, Inc.
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