Sorensen - PLA Series Air-Cooled Programmable DC Electronic Loads
- Broadest Model Selection: 800W to 7.5kW (higher power available up to 250kW Contact Factory)
- Exclusive Voltage Models: 60V to 1000V
- Multiple loads in one: Multiple ranges for voltage, current resistance and power
- Intuitive Front Panel Control: Run sequences, triggers, constant current to constant power cross over
- RoHS Compliant
Traditional DC Electronic Load Solutions are bulky and large. Most are offered with standard voltage, current and power ratings. In the ATE world, rack space is a highly coveted asset, and application demands are constantly diversifying with new technology development.
AMETEK Programmable Power's PLA Series of Air-cooled DC electronic loads offers the industry’s smallest footprint, the highest power density, and current rating, along with the broadest selection of high voltage models on the market. PLA Air-cooled DC electronic loads are capable of being custom-tailored to meet your application requirements.
View our PLA and PLW Series Infographic here.
Features And Benefits
Closed-case Calibration
With the Air-cooled DC electronic load line, there’s no longer a need to send your electronic load back to the factory for calibration or remove dozens of screws to reach a potentiometer.
Simply follow the calibration routine from the front panel and you should be back up and running in a very short period (some electronic test equipment is needed). This will virtually eliminate downtime and eradicate the annual cost associated with shipping your Air-cooled DC electronic load back to the factory for calibration.
Individual FET Protection
To ensure the reliability of the PLA Series Air-cooled DC electronic load, the design includes individual FET protection. A programmable electronic load may contain many FETs in parallel, which can create a cascading failure if one of them was to short out.
The PLA Air-cooled DC electronic load design isolates failures so other components will not be affected or stressed, increasing the system’s level of protection against catastrophic failure. With individual FET protection, the MTTR is reduced, and the electronic load quickly returns to full operation.
Ultra-low Voltage Operation
The PLA Air-cooled DC electronic load design allows the programmable electronic load to operate at voltage levels approaching .1V. They will typically dissipate full rated current below 1% of their maximum rated voltage.
For example, a 60V unit designed to dissipate 1500A will allow the user to operate at .6V and still dissipate the full amount.
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Model |
PLA |
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Voltage |
160-1000 VDC |
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Current |
10-1500 ADC |
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Power |
800 W-7.5 kW |
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Overview |
Air-cooled programmable DC electronic load |
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Highest resolution – 12 bits all the time
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More channels, flexibility – 8 analog and 16 digital channels
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Longest Memory – 5 Gpt records with simple navigation – no compromise
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View 16 channels on one display with OscilloSYNC™
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Powerful, deep toolbox enables and simplifies complex analysis
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MAUI with OneTouch user interface for intuitive and efficient operation
- Digital Clock Automatically Synchronizes with NTP servers over Ethernet Network
- 0.5”, 3.2” or 5” display sizes
- Remote network management
- Time Zone and Daylight Savings support
- Multiple colors
- Optional Network Time Server version with built-in GPS receiver
- Optional built-in IRIG B time code reader
Highly scalable with unprecedented data transfer rates, the Hardware Isolation Platform is a dual-segment solution that combines cutting-edge security and adaptive capabilities to ensure guaranteed spacial isolation of critical data and optimize diverse workloads.
- Cross Domain Solution - Control comms and data transfer between domains of different classification levels with an FPGA hardware firewall.
- Data Isolation - Remote areas of memory create a data buffer between CPUs or virtual machines, securely storing frequently accessed data.
- Mixed Criticality - Integrate workloads with different criticalities on a single platform while prioritizing higher criticality tasks over lower ones.
- Part of the MicroBrite™ family of high performance, compact machine vision lights.
- Our DF196 Series delivers direct illumination at a low angle to cast shadows used to identify surface defects, embossed text, etc.
- This dark field ring light is more directional and less diffuse than the DF198.
- Available in 4 sizes with an intesity of 72kLux (working distance of 25mm with DF196-100)
- Solve machine vision applications efficiently by constructing flowcharts instead of writing program code, using field-proven tools for analyzing, classifying, locating, measuring, reading and verifying
- Use a single program for creating both application logic and operator interface
- Leverage deep learning for visual inspection through image classification and segmentation tools
- Rely on a common underlying vision library for the same results with an Iris GTX smart camera, vision systems or third-part computer
- Work with multiple cameras all within the same project or per project running concurrently and independently from one another, platform permitting
- Interface to Zebra AltiZ and third party 3D sensors to visualize, process and analyze depth maps and point clouds
- Communication options include discrete Zebra I/Os, RS-232, and Ethernet (TCP/IP, CC-Link IE Field Basic, EtherNet/IP, Modbus, OPC UA, and PROFINET, and native robot interfaces)
- Maximize productivity with instant feedback on image analysis and processing operations
- Receive immediate pertinent assistance through an integrated contextual guide
- Maintain control and independence through the ability to create custom flowchart steps
- Test communication with PLC using the built-in PLC interface emulator
- Protect against inappropriate changes with the Project Change Validator tool
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Easy to Use
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No need to break the circuit or insert a shunt
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Small form factors for use on crowded boards
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Variety of Applications
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Bandwidths up to 100 MHz
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Peak currents up to 700 A
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Sensitivities down to 1mA/div
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High Precision Measurements
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Low frequency accuracy of 1%
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Integrated autozero capability
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Fully Integrated with Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscope
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No additonal hardware is required
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Power is supplied from oscilloscope ProBus connection
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Automatic display of waveforms in Amps and calculated power traces scaled correctly in Watts
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Degauss and Autozero directly from oscilloscope user interface
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DCS025 Deskew Calibration Source
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Provides ability to precisely deskew most voltage probes along with 30, 150 and 500A current probes
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The BL2 Series provides a highly uniform and high intensity, diffuse backlight source, primarily used for creating object silhouettes of high contrast or imaging through semi-translucent materials.
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BL2 Backlights are pre-engineered for scalability, allowing for size configurations in 1″ increments up to 46″ in length and width.
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This Backlight series is offered in 5 wavelength options and can be configured with either a polarization or collimation film.
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As with all Advanced illumination products, this series is built for tailorability while still maintaining a standard lead time of one to three weeks.
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Each side of a BL2 is equiped with M6 nut channels, allowing for quick and easy mounting. This series comes with our LB111 Mounting Brackets.
AMETEK Programmable Power
Located in San Diego, California, AMETEK Programmable Power designs, manufactures, and markets precision, AC and DC programmable power supplies, electronic loads, application specific power subsystems, and compliance test solutions for customers requiring and valuing differentiated power products and services. Also part of our business is VTI Instruments, which delivers precision modular instrumentation and systems for electronic signal distribution, acquisition, and monitoring, used in the world's most demanding test applications.
AMETEK Programmable Power boasts one of the industries' broadest portfolios of programmable power products under the well-known and respected Sorensen, Elgar, and California Instruments brands. AMETEK Programmable Power’s products serve a wide range of stimulus (T&M) and process power needs in applications including semiconductor fabrication, commercial and defense ATE, oil exploration, solar array and battery string simulation, avionics, general R&D and EMC compliance testing.
VTI Instruments provides products and systems which are used to monitor and record data that characterizes the physical integrity and performance of aircraft, engines, and other large structures, as well as automate the functional testing of complex electronic systems. VTI Instruments is recognized as an industry leader with a reputation of providing reliable data, first time, every time.
With strong brands, a broad product portfolio, exceptional precision power conversion and control expertise, proven power system integration capabilities and deep applications knowledge, AMETEK Programmable Power is your source for programmable power supplies, precision data acquisition instruments, and more.
Contact Details
AMETEK Programmable Power, Inc. − San Diego
9250 Brown Deer Road, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
Phone: 858-450-0085
Fax: 858-458-0267
Email: sales.ppd@ametek.com for general inquiries
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