Learning Resources
Learn more about Magna-Power's technology, applications, and helpful tips to enhance product use.
White Papers
An Overview of Current-Fed Power Processing
A technical paper on Magna-Power Electronics signature current-fed power processing topology with a comparison to alternative approaches to high-power switch-mode power supply design.
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Electronic Loads — A New Generation
A technical paper on the various electronic load technologies and a technical overview of Magna-Power Electronics patented (US Patent 9,429,629) Active Resistance Technology.
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Control Loop Modulation Applied to Programmable DC Power Supplies
Modulation allows a set point adjustment of voltage or current by another input. Modulation signals can be derived from an external device, such as a thermistor, or from sampling output current or voltage.
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Getting the Best Performance from AC to DC Power Supplies in Abusive Environments
Five frequently seen power supply integration problems that may affect the product's lifespan and measures for correcting them, including: power supply grounding, line voltage, switching remote sense leads, over current trip fault, and operating environment.
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Peak-to-Peak Output Voltage Measurements of Switching Power Supplies
The peak-to-peak output voltage measurement requires a setup that is difficult for customers to replicate. This article explores the methods and physical apparatuses used by Magna-Power to measure peak-to-peak output voltage ripple.
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Current-Fed Power Processing—Ride Through Robustness
Magna-Power’s design philosophy focuses on developing power circuits capable of riding through potentially damaging conditions. This article explores this design philosophy in more detail, along with the company's MagnaDC power supply's signature current-fed power processing.
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Improving Output Performance of Switching Power Supplies Using the New DBx Module
The series-connected DBx Module deploys wrap-around high-resolution digital controls and multi-stage filtering to provide ultra-high performance from conventional switching programmable DC power supplies.
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Power Electronics Hardware Design for Manufacturability
Employing design principles to ensure manufacturability of complex designs at high-voltage and high-current extremes.
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Article Types
Knowledge Base
Configuring the power supply for computer control
To set the power supply's output voltage, output current, over voltage trip (OVT), and over current trip (OCT) values from a...
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Output bleed resistance
The MagnaDC power supply output consists of a large bank of capacitors used to filter output ripple. In parallel with these...
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User Story
Battery Charging for the Rensselaer Formula Hybrid Team
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Formula Hybrid team utilized Magna-Power's SL Series programmable DC power supply for their hybrid...
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Application Note
DC Power Supplies for Electrodionization Water Filtration
Magna-Power Electronics products satisfy power requirements for electrodionization (EDI), other electrode based water treatment...
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Amount of capacitance on the power supply's output
High frequency switch-mode power supplies, such as Magna-Power's MagnaDC power supply line, use large banks of electrolytic...
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MagnaLOAD Operating Profiles and Ranges
Magna-Power’s MagnaLOAD DC electronic loads utilize two different energy dissipation topologies: linear and active resistance.
In...
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Application Note
Battery and Capacitor Charging
For battery or capacitor charging, Magna-Power power supplies will operate in constant voltage or constant current operation, with...
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RS232 interface configuration settings
All MagnaDC programmable DC power supplies come standard with RS232 interface port (JS3) via which the product can be fully...
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Application Note
Solar Emulation and Inverter Testing
Magna-Power's solutions for solar emulation and inverter testing as exemplified through its solar emulation software package, high...
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Slew rate and the available configurations
Slew rate defines the maximum rate of change per unit time for either output voltage or output current. Magna-Power's limits on slew...
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Instrumentation Programming with Python
This knowledge base article introduces programming a Magna-Power programmable power product with Python programming language. Python...
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Calculating the regulated output impedance
MagnaDC power supplies have a regulated output. The regulated voltage mode output impedance can be calculated using Equation 1,...
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MPE IVI driver installation and configuration
Important Resources:
IVI Foundation's IVI Getting Started GuideMagna-Power Electronics MagnaDC IVI Programming Example Projects (C#...
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Standard MagnaLOAD Control Modes and Introducing Shunt Regulator and Rheostat Modes
To provide control flexibility for a variety of DC sources, MagnaLOAD DC electronic loads have several user selectable control...
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Heat exhaust and the recommended air-flow
This article applies to standard air-cooled MagnaDC power supplies and not to products with the Water Cooling (+WC) option. All...
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Calculating Power Supply AC Input Current
Knowing a product’s AC input current rating is essential for determining appropriate circuit breakers, AC input cabling, and...
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Power Supply Ripple and Noise Measurement
Switching power supplies utilize power semiconductors to switch between conducting and non-conducting states. Together with passive...
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Export classification code and harmonized tariff code
Magna-Power products are routinely exported world-wide for a variety of different applications and customers. Export of Magna-Power...
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Product shipping weights and dimensions
The following table provides shipping dimensions and weights for Magna-Power Electronics products. SL Series units ship by ground...
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Interfacing with MATLAB through RS232
This application note both explains how to configure the power supply for external MATLAB programming and provides a basic scripting...
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