Agilent Technologies Inc. announced an enhancement to the Agilent 14585A control and analysis software for advanced power supplies, adding support for the N7900 Advanced Power System (APS) dynamic DC power supplies.
The N7900 Series power supplies with VersaPower architecture offer industry-leading features and specifications for fast operation, advanced measurements, and integrated features to reduce development time and support costs. These 1- and 2-kW models, expandable to 10 kW, were designed for applications where high-speed dynamic sourcing and measurement is needed.
The Agilent 14585A software enhances the user experience of the APS N7900 Series, giving R&D engineers access to the power supplies' advanced functionality without having to write a single line of code. The engineers can now perform complex tasks, such as waveform creation or long-term data logging, in a matter of minutes, with just a few clicks.
"We are excited to meet the needs of our customers who require high power in R&D," said Kari Fauber, general manager of Agilent's Power and Energy Division. "Now that the 14585A software supports our Advance Power System N7900 Series, R&D engineers working on high-power devices no longer need to spend time being programmers."
Features:
－ Provides easy access to the advanced features of the supported instruments
－ Control any combination of four N6705A/B mainframes and/or Advanced Power System (APS) N7900 Series dynamic DC power supplies
－ Control any of the over 30 N6700 DC power modules when installed in the N6705 DC Power Analyzer
－ Control and analyze data from up to four N6705 mainframes at once; that’s up to 16 power supplies simultaneously
－ Four modes of operation: scope (short-term waveform capture), data logger (long-term waveform capture), CCDF (statistical analysis), and ARB (waveform creation)
－ Enhanced control and analysis of data – use familiar PC controls and large display
－ Graphical user software - no programming required
－ Accurately capture current drain measurements from seconds to days at up to 200,000 measurements per second (in scope mode) directly to a PC
－ Advanced marker readout (Min, Avg, Max, RMS, Peak-to-Peak, Charge/Energy)
－ Easily create complex waveforms to stimulate or load down a DUT by inputting a formula, choosing from built-in, or importing waveform data
－ Capture a waveform, then “play” it back - use scope or data logger to capture, then use the power supply’s source/sink function to reproduce it
－ Data log measurements directly to the PC
－ Perform statistical analysis of power consumption
－ Export data to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or text file
－ Name and choose colors for waveform traces for easy identification
