Where Do You Need The Fast Power Switch?
Application Note No. 6
Everywhere in industry, research, but above all in the automotive industry with 12V, 48V and 80V battery systems, where active and passive DC loads, electronic control units, actuators and sensors have to be tested for their operating behavior when their connection lines are interrupted in the course of an approval procedure or specific test standard (LV124), our Fast Power Switch with its low on-resistance of its MOSFET power stage and its resilience to very high pulse currents shows its strengths during demanding test operation.
With flexibly configurable power paths, internally switchable loads and up to 32 small signal switches for interrupting signal and bus lines, the Fast Power Switch is suitable for a wide range of test tasks so that it can be operated safely with any type of load characteristic in a variety of test scenarios. When commissioning test setups and during test operation, however, many details must be considered in advance which are usually not mentioned in test standards. The following document refers to the “best practices” when working with the Fast Power Switch.