Four Channel Power Supply

Figure 1. 4 Channel Power Supply (FCPS)

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Four Channel Power Supply Control Panel Overview

System Panel

System Panel Button Function Button Function
SP SP Resets the four channel power supply to default settings. SP Some text here
SP Some text here SP Some text here
SP Some text here SP Some text here

Universal Knob and Arrows

Universal Knobs and Arrows Button Function Button Function
KA KA Increase or decrease any active numeric value on screen. KA Both have the same function than the universal knob, Increase or decrease any active numeric value on screen.
KA Both have the same function than the universal knob, Increase or decrease any active numeric value on screen. KA Change the granularity steps between fine (yellow button) and coarse (gray button).

Numeric Keypad

NK Enter the numerical value in the active configuration parameter on the screen.

Units Keypad

Units Keypad Button Function Button Function
UK UK Gives a unit of volts to the entered value. UK Gives a unit of millivolts to the entered value.
UK Gives a unit of amps to the entered value. UK Gives a unit of milliamps to the entered value.

Voltage and Current Panel

Voltage and Current Panel Button Function Button Function
CB CB Changes the editable parameter to volts on the selected channel. CB Changes the editable parameter to current on the selected channel.

Channel Buttons

Channel Buttons Button Function Button Function
CB CB Turns on, off and / or selects channel 1 output. CB Turns on, off and / or selects channel 2 output.
CB Turns on, off and / or selects channel 3 output. CB Turns on, off and / or selects channel 4 output.

Four Channel Power Supply Functions

To Set Channels

PressCB , CB , CB oCB buttons to switch any channel. The state of the channel is displayed with a led CB / CB on the upper part of each channel, when a channel is selected the button is highlighted with the color of that channel: yellow for channel 1 CB , blue for channel 2 CB ,red for channel 3 CB , and green for channel 4 CB . In that case the parameters of that channel can be selected and edited.
Table 1. To Set Channels

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1 Selected channels.
2 Channel state button.

Set Voltage

To change the voltage value of the selected channel, press the button VCM at voltage and current panel. Next, use the knob or arrows to specify the voltage value, and select the unit on the units keypad. In the following image as an example, channel 4 is shown selected to modify the voltage value.
Table 2. Set Voltage

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1 Voltage button.

Set current

To change the current value of the selected channel, press the button VCM at voltage and current panel. Next, use the knob or arrows to specify the current value, and select the unit on the units keypad. In the following image as an example, channel 1 is shown selected to modify the current value.
Table 3. Set Current

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1 Current button.

To Set Granularity

To change the granularity steps in the value scale press the button UKA located between the arrows. When the button has the yellow stripe UKA indicates that it is in fine mode, so the steps between each value changed with the knob or arrows will be smaller. When the button has the gray stripe UKA indicates that it is in coarse mode, so the steps will be larger.
Table 4. To Set Granularity

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1 Fine and coarse button.

Preset the Four Channel Power Supply

Preset returns all the Four Channel Power Supply variables to their default values. Which are listed in the next table. To make the preset on the Four Channel Power Supply, press the button SP in the system panel. All the Four Channel Power Supply variables will automatically change to their default value.