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Measure power supply hold up time with Agilent 6813B

What is hold up time

It is the amount of time, measured in milliseconds that a power supply unit (PSU) can maintain output within the specified voltage range after a loss of input power. The hold-up time is the amount of time that the system can continue to run without resetting or rebooting during a power interruption.

Test Setup:

  1. Connect the 6813B output to PSU’s AC input
  2. Connect the 6813B Trig Out to scope’s channel 1
  3. Connect power supply output to scope’s channel 2
  4. Setup scope to negative edge trigger, trigger source = channel 1
  5. Setup 6813B AC Power analyzer to supply proper AC voltage to PSU, turn on the PSU.
  6. Connect 6813B to computer/PC using GPIB cable.

Command to be send to 6813B

  • -> *RST
  • -> VOLT 240;outp on                        //turn on the PSU @ 240Vac
  • -> volt:mode step; volt:TRIG 0   //Setup 6813B to step mode, and set output voltage to 0V when trigger is fired
  • -> trig:sour bus
  • -> outp:TTLT:STAT ON                   //enable the Trigger Out
  • -> INIT:SEQ1
  • -> *TRG

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