In a past “Solution Notes” article I covered solutions for breaking capacity tests for automotive fuses. In this article, I will share information on recent developments in the process to reform automotive fuse standards.

This is the third instalment in a series covering fun facts and applications for electronic loads.

The Inconvenient Truth about Electronic Loads The main modes of operation available on Kikusui electronic loads are set forth in Figure 1. * Generally, the user selects the mode best suited to the device under test or the object of testing. *Some models also offer a constant current and voltage mode (CC+CV) and a constant…

Bias power supply An electronic load is one of the forms of direct current power supply called a shunt regulator, as shown below. Normally, electronic load have the minimum operating voltage predefined. This is because the Vce of a transistor does not work at 0V. Therefore, when you want to perform a “reverse-polarity test of…