There's something about bench power supplies I don't quite understand.
A lot of the time you need a positive and negative voltage. So why is it so hard to find an affordable benchtop power supply (like these popular sub $100 ones from LaVolta, Korad, Voltkraft, Velleman, .. for instance) that offers this? It would be so convenient. The circuit to get a bipolar voltage is pretty simple, yet you're always advised to get two or a multi output supply and put them in series.
What about an extension box that splits a unipolar into bipolar voltage? Or would this be a bad idea for some reason, since I've never even seen something like it.
I feel like I'm missing something obvious here ?
And btw, what is the correct term to use, because there seems to be confusion about this sometimes. Or terms are just used randomly. Is it a bipolar, dual rail, split rail, dual channel .. power supply?