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News Release from: Intepro UK | Subject: I-9500LXI
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 21 September 2007
PSU tester eases integration using LXI
LXI-based power supply test system addresses the growing market for AC/DC and DC/DC power convertors under 1000W in one single-bay cabinet.
Intepro Systems has devised its first LXI-based power supply test system, and in doing so has succeeded in combining all the features it reckons any commercial OEM will need in one single-bay cabinet The I-9500LXI is a fully featured automated test system that specifically addresses the growing market for AC/DC and DC/DC power convertors under 1000W, including those for mobile phones, digital music and video players and most computer accessories
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The tester comes standard with a six-digit multimeter and four-channel digital oscilloscope, five test loads, an 850VA AC power source and Intepro's PowerStar 5 software - which makes design verification, production testing and repair of whole families of power supplies easy.
Built around Intepro's new LXI controller, the system supports both legacy test instruments that communicate using RS232C, IEEE488.2 and the company's own Micro1000 and CAN communication buses, while providing a migration path to future LXI instruments.
The base system has a single 300W load and four 75W loads, an 18-input/four-output differential multiplexer, 16 digital inputs and 16 outputs, 48 relay drivers and 10 5A power relays.
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The architecture can also accommodate the user's choice of 850VA AC, 1250VA AC or 1500W DC power sources.
Colin Sycamore, European Sales Manager for Intepro comments: "Our new I-950LXI offers a very affordable entry into automated power supply testing".
"By adopting an LXI controller we offer users an open architecture which will allow them to integrate our tester with other LXI based systems".
Test program development is simplified through the use of Version 3.0 of Intepro's PowerStar 5 software, which is capable of using the same test set for all the members of a family of power supplies.
Test parameters can be read from a user-specified database, engineering design file, or even from a marketing spreadsheet.
A library of more than 150 test routines is included to reduce the time required for initial test set development, and test program set recertification, when needed, becomes a matter of changing a value in a database.
In addition, PowerStar 5 is capable of reducing test times by 25% compared with side-by-side DC/DC testing or as much as 70% compared with rack and stack methods primarily because of its own speed but also because its powerful operator interface makes user decisions and actions go more quickly.
The Intepro I-9500LXI power supply test system is available in approximately 12 weeks after receipt of an order.
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