■ For 1x UHV ion gauge support (PVCuni) or 2x UHV ion gauge support (PVCduo) ■ 2 module slots for addition of Pirani gauges (VSP52x, VSP84x) or active 0-10V transducers ■ Intuitive menu-driven operation ■ Auto ranging emission, or 11 manual emission settings ■ Ramped power degas, pressure measurement during degas ■ Integrated, interlocked, multistep bake-out controller ■ Measurement displayed in pressure units or alternatively as direct ion Current (emission corrected) for BFM applications ■ User definable interlock Hub, 7 output trips and 4 digital inputs ■ Multi-drop RS232/RS485 interfaces as standard with easy daisy-chaining ■ Full computer control using binary MODBUS and ASCII-based QueBUS protocols ■ 2 x 0-10V analog outputs ■ 2 user-definable on/off timers ■ All HV and UHV system pressure and interlock monitoring, and process control ■ MBE beam flux monitoring (BFM) ■ Automated UHV system management ■ UHV system bake-out management

PVC Ion Gauge and Vacuum System Controller for passive UHV hot cathode ion gauges Technical Data Ion Gauges Number 1x UHV, dual Iridium-based 2x UHV, dual Iridium-based filament, Yttria or Thoriafilament, Yttria or Thoriacoated filaments (PVCuni) coated filaments (PVCduo) ————————————————————————————————————————————— Filament Drive Current DC: 0-3.5A (8V compliance) [PVCduo: per channel] ————————————————————————————————————————————— Gauge potentials Normal operation: Filament 40V, Grid: 200V, Degas: Filament 40V. Grid 400V+ ————————————————————————————————————————————— Emission Control PID control...

PVC Ion Gauge and Vacuum System Controller for passive UHV hot cathode ion gauges Technical Data Bake-Out Control Thermocouple Type K thermocouple built-in. 1 to 999°C (0.1°C resolution) Control zone 1 bake-out ————————————————————————————————————————————— Bake-out Control User configurable: up to 6 ramp/soak steps, 0 to 99:59hm per step (1 minute resolution). Separate zone 1 and zone 2 temperature profiles ————————————————————————————————————————————— Control Type On/off control. 1 second cycle time. User-defined temperature hysteresis ————————————————————————————————————————————— Power Control...

PVC Ion Gauge and Vacuum System Controller for passive UHV hot cathode ion gauges Technical Data Analogue Output Interlock Hub Number 2 ————————————————————————————————————————————— Output Full scale range: 0V to ~10.5V (12 bit resolution) ————————————————————————————————————————————— Linearity <±0.2% ————————————————————————————————————————————— Assignment User configurable: Ion gauge (emission and sensitive corrected), any secondary gauge, dual gauge, bake-out temperature... ————————————————————————————————————————————— Functionallity User-defined voltage range, assigned pressure/temperature...

Model designations ■ PVCUNN0, PVC uni 230 VDC ■ PVCUNN5, PVC uni 115 VDC ■ PVCUNW0, PVC uni 230 VDC, Module W ■ PVCUNW5, PVC uni 115 VDC, Module W ■ PVCUEN0, PVC uni 230 VDC, Module E ■ PVCUEN5, PVC uni 115 VDC, Module E ■ PVCUFN0, PVC uni 230 VDC, Module fB ■ PVCUFN5, PVC uni 115 VDC, Module F ■ PVCDNN0, PVC duo 230 VDC ■ PVCDNN5, PVC duo 115 VDC Modules ■ PVCE, E-Module f. VSP521 Pirani ■ PVCF, F-Module f. VSP841 Pirani ■ PVCW, W-Module f. active 0-10V transducer Accessories ■ B_IG19BA, BA hot cathode ion gauge ■ B_IG19FIL, spare filament for hot cathode sensor ■ B_TCK28, thermocouple Type...