
‘ieee488’
An Electronicstalk guide
Start with the news release DC programmable power supplies offer stable output from Safety Power Group, which we summarised at the time by saying "Safety Power Group has launched a range of high-quality 6000W DC programmable power supplies for bench- or rack-mount test and measurement applications offering stable voltage or current output.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Programmable supplies provides more power from Xantrex Technology: "Programmable linear power supplies are equally at home on the bench with manual adjustment and as part of digitally controlled ATE systems.".
In April 2008, we covered the news from Telonic Instruments - take a look at DC switching supplies offer high power density which says: "TS Series power supplies are current fed, and are more tolerant to abusive loads than conventional switching power supplies.".
Take a look also at the news release from Safety Power Group, Half-rack supplies for flexible test regimes, as well as PSU tester eases integration using LXI from Intepro UK, and Dual-display multimeters have graphical edge from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments).
Latest stories...
Programmable supplies give more from 3U (June 2007)
Genesys 3U supplies are available with output capacities up to 15kW - a power requirement traditionally only satisfied by 5U power supplies.
Programmable load powers up to 6kW (February 2007)
Electronic load with a power level of 6kW is ideal for use in the fuel-cell, power-supply and energy-storage markets that demand testing at higher power levels.
PXI products hold hybrid test systems together (November 2006)
Keithley Instruments has released a new line of PXI products designed for high speed automated production testing as part of a hybrid test system using precision instruments.
RF analyser runs from the bench to the line (November 2006)
RF vector signal analyser is optimised for testing of wireless devices and transmitter circuits in production test environments, as well as new product research and development.
Supplies have both analogue and digital control (October 2006)
The latest range of programmable DC power supplies from Magna-Power Electronics is now available in the UK from Telonic Instruments.
Precision DMMs combine 14 measurement functions (September 2006)
Precision digital multimeters feature 6.5-digit resolution, a dual display that shows data in graphic or numeric formats, and multifunction measurement capability.
Kepco enlists help with Federal market (July 2006)
DC power supply specialist Kepco has signed TestMart to provide a product catalogue and US Government marketplace services to better serve and expand its federal customer channel.
Acquisition range moves to voluntary compliance (June 2006)
Several products now comply with the NI Hazardous Substances Reduction initiative, furthering the company's commitment to meeting high environmental standards.
Further reading
- IEEE488 controller card keeps a low profile
The LPCI-3488 is a compact PCIbus GPIB interface controller that conforms to the low-profile MD1 form factor.

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