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PPA4500 ? Precision Power Analyzer

PPA4500 ? Precision Power Analyzer
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PPA4500 ? Precision Power Analyzer

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Overview: The PPA4500 and PPA5500 series are precision power analyzers designed for high accuracy and wide frequency range applications. They offer leading wideband accuracy, fast sample rates, and versatile interfaces for comprehensive power analysis.
Specifications: The PPA5500 series features a basic accuracy of 0.01% and a frequency range from DC to 2MHz. It has a fast sample rate of 2.2M samples/s and phase accuracy of 0.005 degrees. Built-in high precision current shunts are available in 10Arms, 30Arms, or 50Arms configurations, with external sensors supporting up to 1000Apk.
Interfaces and Software: Standard interfaces include RS232, USB, LAN, and GPIB (standard on PPA5500). The analyzers support remote control, monitoring, and recording of real-time data through various PC software options.
Measurement Capabilities: The analyzers support PWM motor drive measurements, offering high performance for evaluating PWM motor drives. They can be configured for 1 to 6 phase analysis, with up to 3 phases in one chassis and 4-6 phases in a master-slave configuration.
Front and Rear View Features: The front panel includes a power button, USB port, display screen, and measurement function selection buttons. The rear panel features phase inputs, sync connectors, external sensor inputs, and PC interface connections.
High-Speed Power Measurement: The PPA5500 series supports a 2ms datalog interval, capturing all frequency components in power waveforms. It maintains a 2.2Ms/s sampling rate at any drive frequency.
Real-Time No Gap Analysis: The PPA series uses a real-time DFT technique with variable window no gap analysis, ensuring optimal speed and accuracy for fast-changing asynchronous current pulses.
Measurement Modes: The analyzers offer various modes, including power integrator, RMS meter, impedance meter, harmonic analyzer, and oscilloscope modes. The PPA5500 extends harmonic analysis to 417 harmonics for aerospace applications.
Acquisition Settings: The analyzers provide auto-ranging, range up only, or manual range modes. They support independently set input configurations and various wiring settings for comprehensive power analysis setups.
Applications: The PPA series is suitable for PWM motor drive evaluation, high-speed analysis, and inductance loss analysis. It supports application modes for PWM motor drives, ballast lighting systems, inrush current, power transformers, harmonics, and flicker analysis.
Applications:
  • LED Driver Efficiency: The PPA4520 and PPA5520 are ideal for measuring LED driver efficiency and analyzing dimming techniques like reverse phase control. Efficiency can be viewed directly on the PPA display or calculated using PPALoG software.
  • Standby Power: These units comply with IEC62301 and Energy Star standards, offering accurate analysis of high crest factor signals up to a crest factor of 20.
  • Aircraft Avionics Industry: The PPA5500 can compute up to 417 harmonics and meet interharmonic measurement requirements, providing a solution for avionics engineers.
  • Power Transformer Loss Testing: The PPA4500 and PPA5500 offer high phase accuracy for low power factor core loss testing of transformers.
  • Solar Inverter Performance Analysis: These analyzers provide accurate analysis of solar inverters, synchronizing with both AC and DC signals.
  • Inrush Current: Accurate measurements are ensured through gapless measurement and high sampling rates.
Calibration and Certification:
  • UKAS Calibration: N4L provides ISO17025 calibration certificates as standard, covering a wide range of parameters and frequencies.
  • Schedule of Accreditation: Includes voltage, current, phase, power, harmonics, and flicker, with detailed specifications for each parameter.
Technical Specifications:
  • Frequency Range: Varies by model, with ranges up to 2MHz.
  • Voltage and Current Input: Detailed accuracy and range specifications for internal and external inputs.
  • Phase and Power Accuracy: High accuracy specifications for phase and power measurements.
  • General Features: Crest factor of 20, sample rate of 2.2Ms/s, and various IEC modes supported.
PC Control and Data Acquisition:
  • PC Software: Allows data transfer and analysis via USB, RS232, or LAN, with options for data export and real-time display.
  • Data Logging: Sophisticated frequency detection and synchronization with AC waveforms, with customizable datalog intervals.
  • Harmonics and Flicker Testing: Fully compliant with ISO17025, with results displayable on the instrument or PC software.
Specifications: The document outlines the specifications for various models of the PPA series, including the PPA500, PPA1500, PPA4500, and PPA5500. Key specifications include display type, dimensions, weight, safety isolation, power supply, and operating conditions. The models support different phase configurations and have varying bandwidths, harmonic specifications, and accuracy levels.
Optional Accessories: Optional accessories include rack mount kits, carrying cases, connection and extension port accessories, interface options, and PC software. These accessories enhance the functionality and portability of the devices.
Standard Accessories: Standard accessories provided with the devices include various leads and interfacing cables, such as RS232 and USB cables, and a hard carrying case.
Performance and Measurement Capabilities: The PPA series models offer high performance in voltage and current measurement, with options for external current measurement and various current clamps. The devices support a wide range of frequencies and have high accuracy levels for both AC and DC measurements.
Applications: The PPA series is suitable for applications such as power supply phase margin and gain margin analysis, inductance, capacitance, and resistance measurement, mechanical vibration analysis, and phase angle voltmeter functions.
Company Information: Newtons4th Ltd, established in 1997, specializes in sophisticated test equipment related to phase measurement. The company is ISO9001 registered and has received the "Innovation 2010" Queen's award for enterprise.
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PPA4500 ? Precision Power Analyzer-1

Precision Power Analyzers Leading wideband accuracy Wide frequency range Basic 0.01%(PPA5500) with class leading high frequency performance DC, 10mHz to 2MHz Fast sample rate and No-Gap Leading phase accuracy 0.005 Degrees plus 0.01 degrees per kHz Built in high precision current shunt 10Arms, 30Arms or 50Arms with up to 1000Apk direct plus a wide range of external sensors Versatile interfaces RS232, USB, LAN, GPIB as standard (PPA5500) plus direct torque and speed Range of PC software options Remote control, monitoring and recording of real time data, tables and graphs PWM Motor Drive Measurements Highest performance Analyzer on the market for PWM Motor Drive Evaluation External Voltage BNC Connector Unique External BNC connector with high sensitivity to interface with external High Voltage Probes Up to 3 phases available within one chassis, 4-6 phases available in a Master Slave Configuration

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PPA5530 Precision Power Analyzer FRONT VIEW USB memory port allows data or screendumps to be saved directly to a USB pen drive White LED backlight colour TFT display with high contrast and wide viewing angle ©SCREEN DISPLAY OPTIONS Zoom, Real Time, Table and Graph options ©MEASUREMENT FUNCTION SELECTION BUTTONS • POWER ANALYZER • POWER INTEGRATOR • HARMONIC ANALYZER • TRUE RMS VOLTMETER and AMMETER • IMPEDANCE METER • OSCILLOSCOPE Measurement Mode Control © MEASUREMENT SETTINGS BUTTONS Acquisition settings - Sets wiring configuration, Smoothing and data logging Coupling - Set coupling to AC,...

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REAR VIEW ⑨ PHASE INPUTS Direct voltage Input: 3kVpk (1kVrms) in 9 ranges* Direct current Input: 300Apk (30Arms) Standard Model, 30Apk (10Arms) Low Current Model, 1000Apk (50Arms) High Current Model External voltage and current sensor inputs to 3Vpk in 9 ranges* - BNC Connector ⑩ SYNC CONNECTOR All PPA models can offer up to 12 phase analysis using the PPALoG PC program Additionally two PPA45/5530's can be connected via the extension port and sync BNC connector to form a 6 phase analyzer when a PC is not available ⑪ EXTERNAL SENSOR INPUTS +/-10V or pulsed input from torque and speed sensors provides...

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FEATURES ■ High Speed Power Measurement - 2ms* Datalog Interval Measurements include all frequency components in power waveforms for example, fundamental, harmonics of the fundamental and the carrier of a PWM inverter output by maintaining 2.2Ms/s sampling at any drive frequency High sample rate at all times Inverter output waveform Unique FPGA and DSP architecture permits full 2.2Ms/s sample rate at any fundamental frequency ■ 2MHz Wideband Frequency Response PWM carrier signal Fast sampling reliably captures fast switching waveforms With 2MHz bandwidth and exceptionally flat response, the PPA...

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■ DFT Real Time No Gap Analysis Many power applications have fast changing asynchronous current pulses which are not suited to fixed data length FFT analysis. The PPA series combine a real time DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform) technique with variable window no gap analysis to ensure the optimum speed and accuracy at all times Low Duty Cycle Standby Current Gapped analysis causes events to be missed, resulting in inaccurate measurements M ・ issing data compromises power accuracy ・Long term measurement integration achieves approximately correct average power FPGA/DSP Real time measurement with...

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FUNCTIONS ■ Input Torque and Speed Sensor Direct measurement of torque and speed from dedicated inputs that are fully synchronized with the voltage and current channels permits true real time power conversion efficiency to be evaluated ①TORQUE Bipolar±10V / pulsed Bipolar±10V / pulsed ②SPEED ③ANALOGUE Analogue output of selected function ±10V Real time data ■ Built in Amplifier and Unique Shunt Resistor AMP & Attenuator The PPA series use a single shunt resistor unique to N4L that combines exceptional linearity and no need for relay switching which can cause measurement errors Selected Shunt...

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Power Analysis POWER ANALYZER Vfani)* 300f drflrvgr 3Cfl coupUn^ coupling oc*dc band *e. J: 11 Any parameters can be enlarged with the zoom function Zoom function enabled on total watts, rms voltage, rms current and frequency POWER ANdLVZER simultaneously allowing measured values to be selected and viewed during analysis Here, three phase total power is selected with all primary power functions in each phase plus frequency, a selected harmonic, dc watts and phase to phase Mechanical power, Maths and Efficiency functions can also be added to this screen giving real time analysis of electrical...

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MEASUREMENT MODES ■ Power Integrator (power consumption) Mode, RMS Meter Mode and Impedance Meter Model Power Integrator mode Impedance meter mode In addition to detailed measurements of the phase power parameters, you can check the balance of power between the phases and observe computed neutral current when 3 phase 4 wire connection is selected Harmonic Analyzer and Oscilloscopes Harmonic analyzer (Bar graph) Harmonic analyzer summary page Harmonic analyzer table dranoe: lOOrnd coupling ac*dc bandwLdth: wide Oscillosope - Voltage and Current display Oscillosope Cursors - At plus Vrms, Vpk,...

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ACQUISITION SETTINGS ■ Auto-Ranging, Range Up Only or Manual Range modes are selectable ©Auto-Ranging Performs automatic switching of voltage and current ranges up and down depending on the level of the measured value with all inputs linked or ranged independently to ensure optimum accuracy Performs automatic ranging when the input is 120% of range, ranging up only No automatic ranging, user specifies the range in which to operate (used when input voltages and currents are known) or during inrush current testing voltage Lnput minimum range scale factor current Lnput minimum range scale factor...

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ACQUISITION SETTINGS Basic power (50/60Hz) including harmonics of the fundamental while rejecting high frequency noise Wideband applications such as PWM inverter drives including all power components for true total power Example of independent wiring configuration showing 3 phase individual coupling settings The PPA45/5500 series includes a programmable digital filter that allows users to set a preferred bandwidth ■ Display Settings, Smoothing Response and Frequency Reference ©Display update rate Various settings for the display update rate (2ms ~ 100s) which also increases the smoothing when...

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