National Instruments NI PXI-1006 manual

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    © 2003 National Instruments Corp. All rights reserved. National Instruments™, NI™, and ni.com™ are trademarks of National Instruments Corpor ation. Product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks or trade nam es of their re spective companies. For patents covering National Instruments products, refe r to the appropriate location: H[...]

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    NI PXI-1006 Power Supply Shut tle User Guide 2 ni.com ❑ NI PXI -1006 User Manual (provided with th e chassis; also a vailable at ni.com/support ) ❑ No. 1 Phillips s crewdri ver Description Refer to Figure 1 to locate user-accessible components on the power supply shuttle. Figur e 1. PXI-1006 Power Su pply Shut tle Rear Panel Installation and Ma[...]

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    © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3 NI PXI-1006 Powe r Supply Shut tle User Guide Caution N ever connect the A C po wer cable to the power supply shuttle until you install it in a PXI-1006 chassis. Do not use, test, or conf igure the power supply shuttle outside of a chassis. The power supply shuttle is a replacement part for the PXI-1006 chas[...]

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    NI PXI-1006 Power Supply Shut tle User Guide 4 ni.com Connecting Saf ety Ground Caution Th e power supply shuttle is designed wi th a three-positio n NEMA 5-15 jack th at connects the g round line to the chassis ground . T o minimize shock hazar d, make sure the electrical po wer outlet you use to po wer the ch assis has an approp riate earth safet[...]

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    © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 5 NI PXI-1006 Powe r Supply Shut tle User Guide DC Output Maximum usable power ................ ......... 600 W DC current capacity (I MP ) Load regulation Maximum ripple and no ise ........... ......... 1% ripple, 1% noise 20 MHz bandwi dth Over-current p rotection ................. ......... 105–140 % of r[...]