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PRODUCT DISCLAIMER & WARRANTY 

Disclaimer: 

Information has been carefully checked and is believed to be accurate; however, no responsibility is 
assumed for inaccuracies. This software/firmware of the actual unit shipped may be subject to change and 
may differ from the contents of this manual. 

Ian Johnston Engineering Ltd reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products to 
improve reliability, function, or design. Ian Johnston Engineering Ltd does not assume any liability arising 
out of the application or use of any product or circuit; neither does it convey any license under its patent 
rights of others. 

The general policy of Ian Johnston Engineering Ltd does not recommend the use of its products in life 
support, aircraft applications or other such critical activities wherein a failure or malfunction of the product 
may directly threaten life or injury. The user of Ian Johnston Engineering Ltd products in life support, aircraft 
applications or other such critical activities assumes all risks of such use and indemnifies Ian Johnston 
Engineering Ltd against all damages. 

 

Limited warranty: 

Ian Johnston Engineering Ltd warrants only to the purchaser of the Product from Ian Johnston Engineering 
Ltd (the "Customer") that the product purchased from Ian Johnston Engineering Ltd (the "Product") will be 
free from defects in materials and workmanship under the normal use and service for which the Product 
was designed for a period of: 

12 months from the date of purchase of the Product by the Customer. 

Customer's exclusive remedy under this Limited Warranty shall be the repair or replacement, at Company's 
sole option, of the Product, or any part of the Product, determined by Ian Johnston Engineering Ltd to be 
defective. In order to exercise its warranty rights, Customer must notify Company. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Copyright 2019. Ian Johnston Engineering Ltd. All rights reserved. 

Summary of Contents for PDVS2mini

Page 1: ...Model PDVS2mini A multitude of uses as a calibrator reference and fully adjustable precision voltage source Handmade in Great Britain by Ian Johnston Manual Version 1 0 19 10 19 Ian Johnston Engineer...

Page 2: ...FIRMWARE UPGRADE 9 10 WINDOWS PC APPLICATION 11 HARDWARE 12 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 13 PRODUCT DISCLAIMER WARRANTY 14 CE CERTIFICATE DECLARATION 15 CALIBRATION RECORD BLANK 16 The screenshots phot...

Page 3: ...oltage reference Uses an LM399AH 0 5 1 ppm degC temperature coefficient 0 00000 Vdc to 10 00000 Vdc in 10 uV 0 00001 Vdc steps Load 3kohm minimum Example At 10Vdc output with 3kohm load 3 3mA whilst m...

Page 4: ...is the batteries The best performance of the unit is when the batteries are being used to supply power without any external power External DC input cable wiring Red Blk The battery terminals and the e...

Page 5: ...n off charging via the SETTINGS menu Without this you may get OVER on the display Please observe the minimum external DC supply voltage NOTES When running with batteries and also an external DC input...

Page 6: ...l Best Stability For the most accurate and stable output it is highly recommended to run the unit from the batteries with no external DC power input This helps avoids any ground loop noise entering th...

Page 7: ...col BAUD 250k N 8 1 Rate Data from PDVS2mini to PC is sent every 100mS Format to PC VR0 0 12345 Format from PC KeyVoltage 0 1 23456 The following details all the data being sent from the PDVS2mini and...

Page 8: ...imum current should be approx 250mA so the default setting here of 400mA gives some margin Charge Full mA Current mA at which the battery is determined to be near full The charging circuit is self con...

Page 9: ...10 00000 XXXXXXX Counts for 10 00000Vdc output Out Vdc XX X XXXX Output monitor counts Calibration of the output DC voltage monitor Batt DC Vdc XX X XXXX Battery Ext power supply Vdc Span counts Cali...

Page 10: ...le co uk avrdudess a gui for avrdude A HEX file will be supplied for the upgrade The current calibration settings will not be overwritten but it is advisable to have them written down Please refer to...

Page 11: ...oth ends type from the PDVS2mini ICSP header to the AVR Dragon ISP header note orientation and pin1 On Atmel Studio Select AVR DRAGON ATmega1284 ISP then hit APPLY The PDVS2mini will be interrogated y...

Page 12: ...PC then double click on SETUP EXE Follow the on screen prompts to install the app If the app install fails then see below Turn on COMMS on the PDVS2mini by holding down the LEFT RIGHT buttons Start th...

Page 13: ...e Pcb printed circuit board FUSE 1 1A time delay fuse Schurter UMZ 250 series J1 3 3Vdc supply to ICSP header Default shorted ICSP In Circuit Serial Programming header used for uploading new firmware...

Page 14: ...d charge them separately in a standalone charger This will match them again and you can return them to the PDVS2mini If this problem persists then you may have a faulty weak battery Q Can I run the PD...

Page 15: ...product may directly threaten life or injury The user of Ian Johnston Engineering Ltd products in life support aircraft applications or other such critical activities assumes all risks of such use an...

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Page 17: ...00 4 00000 5 00000 6 00000 7 00000 8 00000 9 00000 10 00000 FUNCTION COUNTS Out Vdc Batt Vdc Charge mA Batt Low Shutdown Charge Enable Charge Overload mA Charge Full mA TEST Serial Comms Soak Test Dur...

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