
Section 3: Performance Verification
Model 2231A-30-3 Triple-Channel DC Power Supply Performance Verification
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2. Set the voltmeter as follows:
a. Set to measure DC volts.
b. Set to auto range.
c. Set to show amps (instead of volts) by multiplying the voltmeter result by 20.
- Press Shift +DCV (mX+B).
- Use the arrow key to move the cursor to the far right until it is positioned on the ^.
- Press the up range button once so that M=10.00000.
- Press the arrow key to move the cursor to the first digit and press the up range button
once so that M=20.00000.
- Press the Enter button and check that the display shows B=0.
- Press the Enter button and check that the display shows UNITS.
- Use the arrow keys to modify the display to show AMP.
- Adjust each letter individually.
3. Set the electronic load as follows:
a. Set to Constant Voltage.
b. Set to the specified voltage for your channel under test.
4. Set the channel under test to 0% of the full scale output current.
5. Set the channel under test to 100% of the full scale output voltage.
6. Turn the DUT output on.
7. Enter the voltmeter reading into the table for checking DC current accuracy.
8. Enter the voltmeter reading into the table for checking DC current readback accuracy.
9. Enter the channel under test readback current readout in the current readout column of the table
for checking current readback accuracy.
10. Calculate the difference between the two measurements taken in steps 8 and 9. Enter the
absolute value of the calculated value into the difference column of the table.
11. Increase the channel under test output current by 25% of the full scale output current.
12. Repeat steps 7 through 11 until you complete testing at 100% of the full scale output current.
This completes the check for one channel. If needed, return to step 1 to run through the procedure for
the next channel.
Check DC Current Line Regulation
This verification procedure uses the same test setup as the previous procedure. For each channel
sequentially.
1. Change the AC power source output to the voltage specified in the following table.