A7042

The CAEN Mod A7042 is a single width board (5 TE wide) that houses 48 independent high voltage channels.
The channels share a Common Floating Return, which is insulated from the chassis/crate ground. This feature may help to minimize problems of ground-loops. The board is available with positive or negative output polarity Channels are delivered with Radiall 52 / DB37 connectors. Consult our connectors reference page for technical information.
The output voltage range is 0 ÷ 500 V, with 1 mV monitor resolution. The maximum output current is 500 µA, with 500 µA monitor resolution.

Independently programmable for each channel:
 

Safety features includes:

• Channels: can be enabled or disabled through the Global Interlock logic.

• Overvoltage and Undervoltage warning: when the output voltage differs from the programmed value.

• Overcurrent detection: When a channel attempts to exceed the programmed current limit, it signalled to be in “overcurrent” and enter in a TRIP status. The output voltage is varied to keep the current below the programmed limit for a programmable TRIP time, then the channel is switched off. If TRIP is set to “constant current mode”, the channel behaves like a current generator.

• Hardware VMAX Maximum output voltage can be set, via front panel potentiometer, at the same common value for all the board channels. VMAX value can be read out via software.

• Safety Board Interlock This protection allows to disable the primary HV generation when the HV outputs are not connected to their loads.

To create cables compatible with versions equipped with Radiall 52 connectors, CAEN provides two accessories: the Mate cable connector (Model A996) and the corresponding insertion/extraction tool (Model A995).

CAEN provides a complete software range to control, monitor and configure its Power Supply products.

• GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software

• CAEN HV Wrapper Library,

• HiVoCS web tool

• OPC Server for CAEN Power Supplies

• EPICS Service

These tools, which support the most used operating systems, spread from low level libraries (CAEN HV Wrapper Library), to be used as a source for customer designed software, to the WEB interface (HIVOCS) available on each mainframe, up to the all-inclusive Control Software (GECO2020) with user friendly graphical interfaces, to meet any application need.

Advanced control via OPC Server (CAEN OPC Server) and EPICS (EPICS IOC) is supported, to easily include CAEN power supplies within existing setups featuring such standards. All CAEN Control Software are available for free download.