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
6 Tutorial
Reliability
166 E3632A User’s Guide
Since up- programming speed is aided by the conduction of
the series regulating transistor, while down programming
normally has no active element aiding in the discharge of
the output capacitor, laboratory power supplies normally
program upward more rapidly than downward.
Reliability
Reliability of electronic semiconductor equipment depends
heavily on the temperature of the components. The lower the
temperature of the components, the better the reliability. The
Agilent E3632A incorporate circuitry to reduce the internal
power dissipation of the power supply and therefore reduce
the internal heat of the power supply. Maximum internal
power dissipation occurs at maximum current. The internal
power dissipation further increases as the output voltage is
lowered. A fan internal to the Agilent E3632A is essential to
keep internal temperatures low. To assist in cooling the
Agilent E3632A, the sides and rear of the Agilent E3632A
should be kept clear.