Vicor Power Assembly
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Template:Hierarchy header The MCE can alternatively be equipped with a 18–36Vin (24Vin nominal) switching supply designed for use in balloon-based experiments. The Vicor supplies are trimmed to accomodate losses of up to 2m cable, so they can be located up to 2m away from the actual MCE crate.
Contents
Schematics
- Schematics for the Vicor Supplies can be found here
- The schematics for the Wiring harness in the box and the pinout for the Winchester connector: pdf
Check the schematics for Input/Output connector pinout.
- Output Connector
- Winchester MRA34SG
- Input Connector
- Amphenol PTC-2A-14-5P
Specification
- DC Input Type
- 18-36V
- 3A from 24V to power one 3-MDM MCE48 crate (6A for two)
- DC output
- pVa: 6.1 to 6.3 V
- nVa: -6.1 to -6.3 V
- Vlvd: 4.4 to 4.7 V
- Vcore: 2.9 to 3.2 V
- Watts
- 100W
- Regulated
- Yes
- Efficiency
- 75%
- Dimensions (L x W x H)
- 24cm x 20cm x 5cm
- Weight
- < 2kg and a 1m power cable is ~1kg
Notes
The Vicor supply is equipped with two Winchester connector to power two MCE48 crates. So far, we are able to use a Y cable and power two MCE48 from one connector. When we tried to use each connector separately, for some odd reason, we experienced higher noise performance.
