B&K Precision 8600 Series Programmable DC Electronic Loads

B&K Precision 8600 Series Programmable DC Electronic Loads provide the performance of modular system DC electronic loads in a compact benchtop form factor. With fast transient operation speeds and high 16-bit measurement resolution, the standalone DC loads can be used for testing and evaluating a variety of DC sources such as DC power supplies, DC-DC converters, batteries, battery chargers and photovoltaic arrays.

The DC loads can operate in constant current, constant voltage, constant resistance or constant power mode and be configured to provide a dynamically changing load to the DC source with fast load switching times. Versatile internal, external and remote triggering options allow the dynamic load behaviour to be synchronised with other events. Load parameters such as voltage, current, slew rate and width can be set via the front panel or programmed remotely.

The series provides standard USB (USBTMC-compliant), GPIB or RS232 serial interfaces for remote communication. To ensure reliable testing, the series provides a power-on system self-test as well as overtemperature, overvoltage, overcurrent, overpower and local/remote reverse voltage protection.