General Information; Introduction; Description - Chroma 63600 Series Quick Start Manual

Programmable DC Electronic Load 63600 Series Quick Start Guide
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General Information

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Introduction

This Quick Start Guide contains installation and operation of 63600
Programmable DC Electronic Load.
Chroma 63600 Programmable DC Electronic Load System consists of
model 63600-1, 636000-2, 63600-5 mainframes and Electronic Load
modules.
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Description

The 63600-5 Electronic Load mainframes contain slot for 5 load modules.
The mainframe 63600-5 contains a processor, two System Bus ports, a
USB port, a GPIB card (optional), an Ethernet card (optional), front-panel
keypad, a memory channel indicator, and other circuits common to all the
load modules.
The Electronic Load, composed of any of a mainframe plugged-in with at
least any of a module, offers stand-alone operation mode. In addition, the
mainframe 63600-5 can be controlled via A636000 GPIB or A636001
Ethernet or USB bus by a remote computer or via a System Bus by the
remote controller.
The functions of Electronic Loads are all the same except the variations on
input voltage, load current, and power ratings. An individual module may
have one or two channels. Each channel has its own channel number,
load & measurement connectors, and operates independently in constant
current (CC) mode, constant resistance (CR) mode, constant voltage (CV)
mode, constant power (CP) mode, or Constant Impedance (CZ)
mode....etc.
The 63600 Programmable DC Electronic Load System is used for design,
manufacturing, and evaluation of DC power supplies, batteries, and power
components. This chapter contains specifications of Electronic Load
modules that apply to the Chroma 63600-5 Electronic Load mainframes, as
well as key features concerning application. The remaining chapters in this
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