aModule simulates batteries
Staff -- Test & Measurement World, 6/1/2006
Pickering Interfaces has introduced the 41-750 battery-simulator PXI module that behaves as a battery supplying power to handheld and portable electronic devices in manufacturing test. The 3U single-slot module can supply up to 6 V at 2.8 A to remote loads. Typically, its transient response is <10 µs when delivering power to loads 2-m distant. You can program output voltage and set the module to source 2.8 A or sink current 0.5 A in order to test charging or discharging behavior. The module's output can float ±50 V relative to ground to fully simulate battery isolation.
A monitor port allows you to measure voltage and current with a DMM, and an inbuilt switch allows the DMM to monitor multiple simulators by daisy-chaining monitor ports. Pickering Interfaces, www.pickeringtest.com.
