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Specifications

Parameter

Value

Notes

Supply 

voltage

(V

S

 )

10V (min)

35V (max)

The  supply  voltage  must  be  at
least  1V  above  the  forward
voltage  of  the  lighting  being
driven. Ideally set this voltage as
low  as  possible  to  reduce  the
total unit power dissipation.

Quiescent  supply
current  (IS)

15mA at V

S

  =

48V

33mA at V

S

  =

20V

PP860: 

2A

continuous  or
20A pulsed

Output 

current

per channel (i

l

)

PP861: 

2A

continuous  or
2A pulsed

Maximum  allowed  current  per
channel.  Average  current  when
pulsing  must  not  exceed  the
maximum  allowed  continuous
output.

Total 

allowed

unit 

power

dissipation in free
air

P

D

=10  Watts

(max)

Total  unit  power
dissipation  with
heatsink

P

D

=20  Watts

(max)

The total unit power dissipation is given by (0.7W) plus the sum 

of (V

S

-V

F

) * I

L

for each current output where:

I

= Average output load current (Amps)

V

= Load forward voltage

V

= Supply voltage

Summary of Contents for PP860

Page 1: ...R MANUAL PP860 PP861 LED Lighting Controller Revision 05 Gardasoft Vision Ltd The Merchant s House High Street Fen Drayton Cambridge CB4 5SJ UK Tel 44 1954 200343 Fax 44 1954 204343 Web www gardasoft...

Page 2: ...user must ensure that incorrect functioning of this equipment cannot cause any dangerous situation or significant financial loss to occur Gardasoft Vision Ltd and Gardasoft Products Ltd will not acce...

Page 3: ...ite Connect the PP860 up to a supply and an LED lighting unit as described in Connections Read the section on Operation and set up the PP860 to supply a small continuous current to the LED unit Check...

Page 4: ...ad is short circuited then the heat dissipated within the unit will greatly increase resulting in a further rise in temperature 3 1 3 Electrical The user must ensure that the potential difference betw...

Page 5: ...eraturen bei max Spannung bereits 80 C betragen k nnen Wird pro Kanal mit hohen Blitzspannungen und kurzen Blitzzeiten gearbeitet steigen die Temperaturen nochmals an 4 1 3 Elektrischer Betrieb Stelle...

Page 6: ...e contr leur peut atteindre 80 C En cas de court circuit la chaleur qui se dissipe l int rieur du bo tier va fortement augmenter ce qui entra nera une augmentation suppl mentaire de temp rature 5 1 3...

Page 7: ...n are provided separately for each channel Continuous In continuous mode the output is a continuous current Strobed In this mode output is pulsed once per trigger One input is used as a trigger The pu...

Page 8: ...0 2A continuous or 20A pulsed Output current per channel il PP861 2A continuous or 2A pulsed Maximum allowed current per channel Average current when pulsing must not exceed the maximum allowed contin...

Page 9: ...f the PP860 is used to dissipate power in the form of heat For this reason the material to which the unit is attached must be suitable preferably metallic with ability to dissipate the produced heat T...

Page 10: ...9 way D type male The trigger connector pinout is given below Each input consists of a 1K resistor in series with an opto isolating LED If the voltage applied is open circuit or less than 1V then the...

Page 11: ...connector has the connections for two output channels The connectors are The pinouts are Pin Function 1 First channel positive 2 First channel negative 3 Second channel positive 4 Second channel nega...

Page 12: ...the commands are ignored A carriage return character should be sent to terminate the command Time is defined in microseconds 20 20us 1500 1 5ms Current is in amps 0 2 0 2A 1 5 1 5A 20 20A All respons...

Page 13: ...report the output settings The format is either f M m V a For Constant Mode f M m C a D d P p For Pulsed Output Mode Where f output channel m is one of 0 Not set up 1 Pulsed output 2 Continuous output...

Page 14: ...l 2 can only be triggered by INPUT2 etc The pulse delay can be from about 2us to 20ms The pulse width can be any value from 1us to 20ms Syntax RTf p d a Where f output channel 0 to 7 p pulse width mic...

Page 15: ...rsist until the PP860 has cooled down below 60o c E1 One of the parameters to a command has an illegal value E2 On power up the stored configuration was invalid E4 The RS232 command has the wrong numb...

Page 16: ...nge Same as the PP600 range but with fast pulsing Pulse delay from 10us to 9 9ms in 1us steps Pulse width from 1us to 9 9ms in 1us steps PP600F Lighting controller PP610F Lighting controller with RS23...

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