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News Release from: Lambda | Subject: Flexi Sirius power supply
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 February 2000
250W power supply gives users greater
flexibility
Flexi Sirius from Lambda, the world's number one power supply manufacturer, is the latest addition to the company's range of advanced configurable power supplies.
'Flexi Sirius' from Lambda, the world's number one power supply manufacturer, is the latest addition to the company's range of advanced configurable power supplies Aimed at applications within the fields of data processing, telecoms, industrial equipment, test equipment and instrumentation, the new 250W supply gives users greater flexibility and control of power within their own equipment designs thanks to a wider voltage range on its two main outputs and zero minimum load
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Today's electronic equipment often has complex power requirements," said Martin Southam, Lambda's UK sales director: "With an increasing trend towards modular and scaleable systems, the power demands can vary significantly between entry level and fully configured versions.
This can cause problems with power supplies that need minimum loads and have limited voltage adjustment.
The new Flexi Sirius changes all that, allowing designers to match their power needs with a precision never before seen." Three basic configurations of Flexi Sirius are available from which a large number of standard variants with up to six configurable outputs, ranging from 1.8V to 28V DC, can be realised .
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The three basic configurations provide main outputs of: 3.3/5V, 5/12V and 5/24V.
On the first model voltage adjustment is 1.8 to 3.8V at 30A on the 3.3V output and 4.5 to 5.5V at 20A on the 5V output.
On the other two models, outputs one and two are galvanically isolated and voltage adjustment is 4.5 to 7.5V at 25A on the 5V output, 9 to 13V at 10A on the 12V output and 18 to 25V at 6A on the 24V output.
Up to 80V DC can be achieved by series connection.
AC input is 85 to 264V.
Flexi Sirius combines highly innovative technology with the latest design-for-manufacturing techniques to produce a power supply which although technologically advanced is also very competitively priced.
The core of the new power supply is its unique planar transformer which, rather than using secondary windings, employs FR4 secondaries and copper stampings for high current outputs.
Flexi Sirius employs active power factor correction to achieve a PFC of more than 0.95 and provides harmonic correction in accordance with EN61000-3-2.
Module good, AC fail, remote sense and inhibit are all standard features, as are short circuit protection on the output modules and thermal protection.
The low profile and streamlined mechanical design of Flexi Sirius coupled with the unit's 'cool running' transformer means that it requires an extremely low air flow.
As a result the unit can utilise the cooling mechanisms present in the OEM equipment into which it is installed, or alternatively it can be supplied in a case with a single top fan or end-mounted single or dual 60mm fans for height restricted applications.
Flexi Sirius comes with wide range of safety approvals. Request a free brochure from Lambda ...
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