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Principles of Operation
Introduction
This section describes the different functional circuits used in the dc power supply. First, the I/O external signals that connect to the Agilent power supply are described. Next, the overall block diagrams for the dc power supply are described in detail.
The simplified block diagrams found in Chapter 6 show the major circuits on the dc power supply as well as the signals between circuits. They also show the reference designations of some of the components in the functional circuit.
I/O Interface Signals
Table
| Table | ||
Connector | Signal | Description |
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Front panel outputs | +OUT | Positive DC output voltage | |
| Negative DC voltage (or return) | ||
Rear panel | +OUT | Positive DC output voltage | |
output/sense screw | Negative DC voltage (or return) | ||
terminals | + sense | +OUT sensing terminal1 |
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| - sense |
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| common | connected to ground conductor | |
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| 1Set SENSE switch to "Remote" when using the sensing | |
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| terminals. |
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INH/FLT connector | pin 1 | FLT/INH mode2 | Digital I/O mode |
| FLT output | OUT 0 | |
| pin 2 | FLT Common | OUT 1 |
| pin 3 | INH Input | IN 2/OUT 2 |
| pin 4 | INH Common | Common |
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uses ASCII control codes DC# and DC1 | |||
| uses | ||
| uses | ||
| NONE | there is no flow control |
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GPIB connector | GPIB/IEEE 488 | Provides the interface to an external GPIB controller | |
Ac input connector | ac mains | Can be 100 Vac, 120 Vac, 220 Vac or 240 Vac Input |
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