Vicor VI Chip PRM Evaluation Board - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
All PRM evaluation boards arrive with the following contents.
(The user guide can be downloaded from the www.vicorpower.com)
n 1 x PRM evaluation board
n 1 x VI Chip push pin heat sink
n 2 x VI Chip push pins for heat sink installation
n 2 x VI Chip push pin heat sink grounding clips
n 1 x hardware kit
n 1 x through-hole aluminum-electrolytic input capacitor (C
IN
)
n 1 x through hole resistor for default compensation (R28)
n 1 x through hole capacitor for default compensation (C20)
n 2 x jumpers
Features
1. Input and output lugs for source and load connections
2. Input fuse (appropriately rated)
3. Input filtering and sockets to place through-hole input aluminum-electrolytic
capacitor for source decoupling
4. Output filtering and sockets to place through-hole output
aluminum-electrolytic capacitor
5. Switch for enabling and disabling the PRM through the ENABLE pin
6. Open drain MOSFET for enabling and disabling the PRM using external source
7. Mode selection switch for various PRM ® configurations
8. Trim control selection:
a. Using potentiometer
b. Using fixed resistor
c. Using external voltage source
9. Adaptive Loop control selection:
a. Using potentiometer
b. Using fixed resistor
c. Using external voltage source
10. Output current sensing for output current measurement and current feedback in
Remote Sense Operation
11. Sockets and circuits to optimize the external control circuits in
Remote Sense Operation.
12. Voltage reference to trim pot for adjusting output voltage set point in
Remote Sense Operation.
13. Dual output connectors for transferring the power and signal connections to
downstream VTM ® evaluation board
14. Oscilloscope probe jack for making accurate output voltage measurements
15. Dual paralleling connectors for ENABLE, SHARE and SGND signal connections to
other PRM evaluation board
16. Kelvin voltage test points and sockets for all pins of PRM
17. Test points for current sensing and AC signal injection (RS mode)
18. Provision for installing the heat sink