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Buying advise for a 2 quadrant benchtop Power supply

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jc101:
The PC is beefy enough to run a Windows 10 VM. I don't really have space for another dedicated machine, my office/lab is only 3m x 3.6m, and it's pretty full.  This might work, but Keysight will not support anything in a VM should problems arise I gather.

I was looking to offset the purchase from the sale of the 2281S.  The other gulp is the software is ~£800 a year to *rent* to use the Battery emulation functionality.  I might spin up a Windows 10 machine and give it a try.  I've not managed to keep a link to the instrument over 30s to date, so it should be a quick test.

jc101:
I created a Win 10 VM to install BenchVue to test the E36731A Battery Emulator I have on demo.  The VM is just Windows 10 Pro, BenchVue, with nothing else installed.  Had to turn off the Windows firewall, apart from that a vanilla install.  So managed to get a little time using the E36731A as a Battery Emulator. 

I think the E36731A could replace my 2281S, but they would need to sort out the crazy license model to use the Battery Emulation side.  It's a nice PSU and Electronic Load too, you can run those from the front panel just fine.

rcjoy:

--- Quote ---I think the E36731A could replace my 2281S, but they would need to sort out the crazy license model to use the Battery Emulation side.
--- End quote ---

It's likely the battery emulation software is using the standard SCPI commands, so one could probably write his own program to perform the same functionalty.

thojrie:

--- Quote from: rcjoy on November 04, 2023, 11:12:24 pm ---
--- Quote ---I think the E36731A could replace my 2281S, but they would need to sort out the crazy license model to use the Battery Emulation side.
--- End quote ---

It's likely the battery emulation software is using the standard SCPI commands, so one could probably write his own program to perform the same functionalty.

--- End quote ---

It's possible that could be true, but you would have to figure out the SCPI commands as they're not given in the programming manual. They expect you to pay them for the hardware and then keep a perpetual subscription to use it for its advertised functionality—otherwise it's just a supply or a load.

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