Using The Agilent U7177A 24-Channel Load Card - Agilent Technologies E6198B User Manual

5
Using Load Cards and Loads

Using the Agilent U7177A 24-Channel Load Card

5-46
The Agilent U7177A 24-channel medium-current load card is
intended to be used with loads mounted external to the
Switch/Load Unit. Figure 5-33
U7177A.
• The card is one slot wide. See
Recommendations".
• The card type is 18
ID".
• The factory default configuration is explained in
Power Supply Configuration".
• The factory default is to load a 0.05 , 0.1% sense resistor in
each channel. See
• The Common line (PwrX where X is the channel number) on
the input is brought back out to the input, allowing each
channel to operate in a general-purpose (GP) configuration.
This lets you switch in a special external power supply while
bypassing the power bus of the SLU, for example. See
the Power Switches as General Purpose
• Each channel is capable of up to 2 A continuous carry
current.
• The card is equipped for current sensing
• There is no any flyback voltage protection
shows a block diagram of the
"Card Location
. See "Load Card Type and Configuration
h
"Selecting a Current-Sense Resistor
E6198B Switch/Load Unit User Manual
"Selecting a
Value".
"Using
Relays".