User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Agilent E3632A DC Power Supply
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 Operation and Features
- Overview
- Constant Voltage Operation
- Constant Current Operation
- Storing and Recalling Operating States
- Programming the Overvoltage Protection
- Programming the Overcurrent Protection
- Remote Voltage Sensing
- Disabling the Output
- System-Related Operations
- Remote Interface Configuration
- GPIB Interface Configuration
- RS-232 Interface Configuration
- Calibration
- 3 Remote Interface Reference
- SCPI Command Summary
- Introduction to the SCPI Language
- Simplified Programming Overview
- Using the APPLy Command
- Output Settings and Operation Commands
- Triggering Commands
- System-Related Commands
- Calibration Commands
- RS-232 Interface Commands
- SCPI Status Registers
- What is an event register?
- What is an enable register?
- SCPI status system
- The Questionable Status register
- The Standard Event register
- The Status Byte register
- Using Service Request (SRQ) and Serial POLL
- Using *STB? to read the Status Byte
- Using the Message Available Bit (MAV)
- To interrupt your bus controller using SRQ
- To determine when a command sequence is completed
- Using *OPC to signal when data is in the output buffer
- Status Reporting Commands
- Halting an Output in Progress
- SCPI Conformance Information
- IEEE-488 Conformance Information
- 4 Error Messages
- 5 Application Programs
- 6 Tutorial
- 7 Characteristics and Specifications
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List of Figures
Figure 1-1 Shorting conductors without insulation 5
Figure 1-2 Front panel 18
Figure 1-3 Voltage and current limit settings 20
Figure 1-4 Rear panel 21
Figure 1-5 Display annunciators 22
Figure 2-1 Recommended protection circuit for battery
charging 38
Figure 2-2 Remote voltage sensing connections 43
Figure 2-3 RS-232 data frame format 58
Figure 2-4 DB-9 serial connection 59
Figure 2-5 DB-25 serial connection 60
Figure 3-1 SCPI status system 108
Figure 6-1 Diagram of a simple series power supply with tap
selection 150
Figure 6-2 Block diagram of the power supply showing the remote
interface isolation 151
Figure 6-3 Ideal constant voltage power supply 152
Figure 6-4 Ideal constant current power supply 152
Figure 6-5 Output characteristics 153
Figure 6-6 Simplified diagram of the common mode and normal
mode sources of noise 156
Figure 6-7 Regulated power supply with remote sensing 159
Figure 6-8 Speed of response — programming up (full load) 164
Figure 6-9 Speed of response — programming down 165
Figure 7-1 E3632A dimensions 168