Datasheet
Technical Specifications
82100- 0043
OUTPUT SPECIFICATIONS
Op er at ing modes: Con stant volt age or con stant cur rent
with auto mat ic cross over.
Volt age range: 0V to 35V (TSX3510/TSX3510P).
0V to 18V (TSX1820/TSX1820P).
Cur rent range: 0A to 10A (TSX3510/TSX3510P).
0A to 20A (TSX1820/TSX1820P).
Over volt age pro tec tion: 10% to 110% of max. out put volt age.
Set ting reso lu tion: 10mV, 10mA.
Load regu la tion: <0.01% of max. O/P for 90% change.
Line regu la tion: <0.01% of max. O/P for 10% change.
Out put im ped ance:
<1mΩ in con stant volt age mode.
>5kΩ in con stant cur rent mode.
Rip ple & noise: <1mV RMS typi cal in con stant volt age.
<3mA RMS typi cal in con stant cur rent.
HF com mon mode noise: Typi cally <3mV RMS, <10mV pk.
Tran sient load re sponse: <20us to within 50mV of set level for
90% load change.
Tem pera ture co ef fi cient: typi cally <100ppm/
o
C.
Over volt age pro tec tion
de lay: <200us.
Pro tec tion func tions: Over volt age trip
Regu la tor overtem pera ture
Sense mis wir ing.
Status in di ca tion: Out put on/off lamp
Con stant volt age mode lamp
Con stant cur rent mode lamp
Trip mes sage on dis play.
Out put switch: Elec tronic.
Out put ter mi nals: 4mm out put ter mi nals at front, screw
ter mi nals for out put and sense at rear.
Out put pro tec tion: Full for ward and re verse pro tec tion via
OVP and di ode clamp.
INPUT SPECIFICATIONS
In put volt age range: 180V to 270V RMS, 90V to 135V RMS
& 47 to 63Hz.
Power re quire ment: 750VA max.
Volt age range se lec tion: Rear panel slide switch.
METER SPECIFICATIONS
Me ter types: Sepa rate 4 digit me ters for volt age and
cur rent with 12.5mm (0.5") LED dis -
plays.
Me ter reso lu tions: 10mV, 10mA.
Me ter ac cu ra cies: Volt age ±(0.2% + 1 digit)
Cur rent ±(0.5% + 1 digit).
MECHANICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL
Elec tri cal safety: Com plies with EN61010-1.
EMC: Com plies with EN50081-1 and
EN50082-1.
Tem pera ture: +5
o
C to +40
o
C op er at ing, 20% to 80%
RH, -40
o
C to +70
o
C stor age.
Size: 210 x 130 x 350mm (WxHxD)
(half rack width x 3U height), op tional
rack mount ing kit avail able.
Weight: 5.0kg (TSX ver sions).
5.5kg (TSX-P ver sions).
FRONT PANEL CONTROLS (standard versions)
Volt age set ting: Via sin gle ro tary con trols for coarse
and fine con trol.
Cur rent set ting: Via sin gle turn semi- logarithmic ro tary
con trol.
Over volt age set ting: Via screw driver ad just able pre set po -
ten ti ome ter.
Out put On/Off: Via large pad dle lever switch.
FRONT PANEL CONTROLS (P versions)
Volt age set ting: Di rect key board en try or quasi- analogue
ro tary con trol.
Cur rent set ting: Di rect key board en try or quasi- analogue
ro tary con trol.
Over volt age set ting: Di rect key board en try.
Out put On/Off: Push but ton with dual in di ca tor lamps.
Note: all volt age and cur rent lev els set via the key board are dis played
on a sepa rate 0.3" 4 digit dis play. This en try pre view sys tem en sures
that the user can ob serve the value en tered bef ore it is ef fected thus
avoid ing pos si ble er ror. The dis play is also used for set ting ad di tional
func tions and for dis play ing watts.
Ad di tional key board
func tions:
In crease or de crease volt age or cur rent in
user- selectable steps (delta mode).
Store/re call volt age, cur rent & OVP lev els
from non- volatile mem ory (25 memo ries).
Set digi tal in ter face type (RS232 or GPIB),
set baud rate, set ad dress.
DIGITAL INTERFACES (P versions)
RS232: Vari able baud rate, 9600 baud maxi mum, 9
pin D con nec tor (male). Fully com pati ble
with stan dard RS232 or TTi ad dress able
RS232 sys tem (ARC).
IEEE- 488 (GPIB): Con form ing with IEEE488.1 & IEEE488.2.
Op era tional func tions: Set volt age; set cur rent; set OVP; set out -
put On/Off; read out put volt age/cur rent.
Set ting reso lu tion: Volt age - 10mV; Cur rent - 10mA.
Set ting ac cu racy: Volt age - ±(0.1% + 10mV);
Cur rent - ±(0.2% + 20mA).
Re sponse times: In ter face - <15ms (sin gle com mand);
PSU - De pends on Load con di tions, typi -
cally 150ms to within 0.1% of fi nal value
(ex cept for volt age re duc tion with low load
cur rent which will be longer).
Read back reso lu tion: Volt age - 10mV; Cur rent - 10mA.
Read back ac cu racy: Volt age - ±(0.1% + 1 digit);
Cur rent - ±(0.5% +1 digit).
Op er at ing soft ware: Soft ware for op er at ing the PSUs un der
GPIB or RS232 con trol is avail able in clud -
ing a Labwin dows* driver and ARC- TALK
soft ware for a PC.
Mod els Volt age/Cur rent Power
TSX1820 TSX1820P 18 volts, 20 amps 360 watts
TSX3510 TSX3510P 35 volts, 10 amps 350 watts
De signed and built in the U.K. by:
Thurlby Than dar In stru ments Ltd. op er ates a pol icy of con tinu ous de vel op ment and
re serves the right to al ter speci fi ca tions with out prior no tice. * Labwin dows is a trade -
mark of Na tional In stru ments Cor po ra tion.
Thurlby Than dar In stru ments Ltd.
Glebe Road, Hun ting don. Cambs. PE18 7DX Eng land
Tel: 01480 412451 Fax: 01480 450409