VICOR VI Chip VTM User Manual

USER GUIDE | UG:014
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VI Chip VTM™ Evaluation Board
Contents Page
Introduction
Features
Board Description
General Components
Test Points and
Sockets Description
Schematic
Assembly Drawings
Bill of Materials
PRM™ & VTM™
Evaluation Boards 10
Stand-Alone Operation vs.
PRM-VTM Operation 10
PRM-VTM Non-Isolated
Remote Sense 10
Paralleling 11
Push-Pin
Heat Sink Installation 11
Using the VTM Evaluation Board
for Reverse Operation 11
Part Ordering Information 11
Introduction
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This evaluation board offers a convenient means to evaluate the performance of the Vicor VTM current
2 multiplier. All evaluation boards include sockets for easy plug-and-play insertion and removal of
through-hole components and wires. The board provides lugs for power connections, connectors for
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easy PRM-VTM evaluation board interconnects and Kelvin voltage-measurement test points of all pins of
the VTM. Please refer to the appropriate VTM data sheet for performance and operating limits, available
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for downloading at www.vicorpower.com.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Please read this document before setting up a VTM evaluation board.
This user guide is not comprehensive and the operator should not substitute it for common sense and
good practice. The following procedures should be followed during operation:
Wear approved safety glasses when testing electronic product.
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n n Provide strain relief for wires and secure the board on the test bench to avoid displacement.
n n Remove the power and use caution when connecting and disconnecting all test probes and interface
lines to avoid unintentional short circuits and contact with hot surfaces.
n n Never attempt to disconnect the evaluation board from a PRM™ evaluation board while power is
applied. This system is not designed to demonstrate the hot-plug capability.
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