A new digital interface from Applied Kilovolts can save users time and give them added flexibility when controlling high voltage power supplies.
Using the company's proprietary bus structure, the interface system enables easy configuration and readjustment of up to 64 Applied Kilovolts precision power supply modules.
Very low noise, highly stable control is provided via a single USB port over a 15 way ribbon cable and one or more 24V power supplies.
The interface can be easily daisy chained, enabling safe, simple configuration and reconfiguration of HV supplies.
High stability is ensured, with a very low temperature coefficient of less than 5ppm/C.
"The interface is particularly helpful to users in the research sector, since it greatly increases flexibility and makes the repeated adjustment of power supply configurations so much quicker and more convenient," explained Applied Kilovolts's managing director Kevin Wheelhouse.
Expected applications include mass spectrometers, electron microscopes, surface science equipment and X-ray systems.
Fibre optic bridges are also available to provide high voltage isolation for supplies not at ground potential, such as for multiple electron gun and ion gun applications.
Designed with safety as a primary consideration, the system automatically cuts the power to any module immediately if its communications path is broken.
The new digital interface controls Applied Kilovolts HP and LS unipolar and reversible power supply ranges.
The interface PCB fits directly on the input connector of the high voltage power supplies, and is contained within the envelope of the PSU.
