dc power supply

[W.Nijs]

We are using customized breadboards who needs +5V, +12V en -12V. VirtualBench support it, but... how to protect the breadboards for higher voltages? Is it possible to lock the the power supply for the voltage we are working with?

Regards...

Wijnand Nijs

[WilliamEarle]

If you are using the VirtualBench application, there is no way to limit it to +/-12V.

If you are using the device through one of the programmatic APIs, such as LabVIEW, you could write code to do this, but there is no built-in way through the API.

Apologies,

William Earle

Software Engineer

NI R&D

[W.Nijs]

Maybe something for the next software release? I think a must for an university environment, preventing to throw away our little budget.

Regards...

[WilliamEarle]

For use cases like this, our expectation is people would control the device through one of the programmatic APIs (LabVIEW or C). You could easily write a program that will coerce the controls for the power supply (by doing voltageSetpoint = min(control, 12.0)).

If you still want to use the VirtualBench Application with the device, run your VI or program first, and then launch the VirtualBench Application second. The Application will not be able to control any instrument already in use.

I hope this will meet your needs!

Regards,

William Earle

Software Engineer

NI R&D