Agilent E1460A 64-Channel Relay Multiplexer Data Sheet • 1-Slot, C-size, register based • Armature latching relay channels • Configuration for testing insulation • Includes QUIC easy-to-use terminal block • Numerous multiplexer topologies • Configurable for scanning voltmeter applications Description The Agilent E1460A High-Density Relay Multiplexer is a C-size, 1-slot, register-based VXI module. This 64-channel multiplexer, using latching armature switches, offers a highly configurable, high point-count switching topology. Switching topologies include 64 two-wire, 32 threewire, 32 four-wire, or 128 single-ended latching relay channels. This multiplexer consists of a component card with switches (labeled E1460-66202) and the QUIC screw terminal block (E1460-80011) that plugs onto the component card. Applications for the E1460A include wire harness and cable testing, semiconductor testing, and printed circuit board testing. Use of SCPI commands or status bit jumpers on the terminal card configures the E1460A “wire mode” as either a 128x1wire, 64x2-wire, 32x3-wire, or 32x4-wire multiplexer. Refer to the Agilent Technologies Website for instrument driver availability and downloading instructions, as well as for recent product updates, if applicable. Agilent Technologies PDFINFO H 5 6 0 6 - 0 1 Configuration DC The switch consists of eight banks of eight Hi and Lo switches, each bank having its own eight Hi and Lo common. There are seven programmable control switches and six sets of wire jumpers. These wire jumpers allow all bank commons to produce either eight 1x8 two-wire multiplexers, four 1x8 two-wire multiplexers, and two 1x16 two-wire multiplexers, or four 1x16 two-wire multiplexers. Other switching topologies are also possible. One 2.5-in analog bus cable (E1400-61605) is included to connect the analog buses of multiple slot-adjacent E1460A modules or a slot-adjacent E1411B multimeter module. The analog bus cable, easily installed at the faceplate of the component card, lets you connect the E1460A with the E1411B DMM. Using SCPI commands sent to the E1411B, you can close channels configured as two-wire, three-wire, or four-wire in the E1460A. It is possible (but less convenient) to connect the analog bus by attaching your own wiring to the E1460A and E1411B screw terminals. The E1460A User Manual contains configuration and programming examples for one-wire through four-wire switching modes, cable test, switchbox, scanning, triggering, and scanning with an external multimeter. Product Specifications Input DC: Maximum voltage (any terminal to any other terminal or chassis): AC rms: Maximum voltage (any terminal to any other terminal or chassis): Maximum current (per channel common, non-inductive): Maximum power per channel: 2 220 Vdc Maximum thermal offset per channel, differential Hi-Lo: 7 µV Closed channel resistance: <1.5 Ω initial, <3.5 Ω end of life Insulation resistance (between any two points): 5x10E6 Ω (40 °C, 95% RH), 5x10E8 Ω (25 °C, 40% RH) Insulation resistance (Hi to Lo, power off): n/a AC Minimum bandwidth (–3 dB, 50 Ω source/load): Crosstalk (channel-tochannel): 100 kHz: 10 MHz: Both: Closed channel capacitance: 10 MHz (2-wire), 3 MHz (1-wire) ≤60 dB (1-wire), ≤90 dB (2-wire) n/a n/a <650 pF Hi-Lo, <700 pF Lo-Chassis (both in 2-wire mode) General Characteristics Relays: Power down state: Power up state: Minimum relay life: No load: Rated load: Screw terminal wire size: Scanning rate: Latching armature Break-before-make Relays open on power down Relays open on power up 5x10E6 operations 10E5 operations 16 to 26 AWG (1.5, 1.2, 0.9, 0.75, 0.5 mm) 75 channels/s typ. General Specifications VXI Characteristics 250 V rms 1 Adc/ac rms (< 30 Vdc), 0.3 Adc/ac rms (<133 Vdc) 40 VA VXI device type: Size: Slots: Connectors: Shared memory: VXI busses: C-size compatibility: PDFINFO H 5 6 0 6 - 0 2 Register based, A16, slave only C 1 P1, P2 None None n/a Instrument Drivers See the Agilent Technologies Website (http://www.agilent.com/find/ inst_drivers) for driver availability and downloading. Command module firmware: Downloadable Command module firmware rev: A.02 I-SCPI Win 3.1: Yes I-SCPI Series 700: Yes C-SCPI LynxOS: Yes C-SCPI Series 700: Yes Panel Drivers: Yes VXIplug&play Win Framework: Yes VXIplug&play Win 95/NT Framework: Yes VXIplug&play HP-UX Framework: No Module Current +5 V: +12 V: –12 V: +24 V: –24 V: –5.2 V –2 V: IPM IDM 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cooling/Slot Watts/slot: ∆P mm H2O: Air Flow liter/s: 5.00 0.08 0.42 Agilent E1460A PDFINFO H 5 6 0 6 - 0 3 3 Agilent E1460A with MUX-to-MUX and MUX-to-multimeter analog bus cabling 4 PDFINFO H 5 6 0 6 - 0 4 Agilent E1460A Terminal Block Ordering Information Description Product No. 64-Channel Relay Multiplexer E1460A Pre-QUIC-type Terminal Block E1460A 106 Crimp-and-Insert Terminal Block* E1460A A3E* Service Manual E1460A 0B3 Extra Screw Terminal Block E1460-80011 Extra Crimp-and-Insert Terminal Block (if ordered separately)* E1460-80012* * Note: Crimp-and-Insert Contacts are not included. 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