High-Performance Power Analyzer PPA4500 Overview

The PPA4500 features high-speed FPGA/DSP sampling techniques and the highly respected “Planar Shunt” Technology. The PPA4500 is the product of over 12 years of research and development. The PPA4500 has improved accuracy, color TFT, front USB port, and faster processing than older models. The PPA4500 is a significant leap forward in both accuracy and functionality. The PPA4500 is suitable for transformer loss testing, PWM inverter drive efficiency testing, standby power testing to IEC62301/EN50564, and many more challenging applications.

The PPA4500 can measure fundamental frequencies up to 2MHz, as well as up to 100 Harmonics with the same 2MHz upper-frequency limit. PWM Motor drive mode enables the engineer to rapidly set up the instrument to measure complex harmonically distorted waveforms, sophisticated signal processing algorithms facilitate high sample rate (2Ms/s) true wideband (2Mhz) analysis of PWM signals. The PPA4500 utilizes parallel digital filtering for fundamental frequency synchronisation without affecting the bandwidth of the measured data.

High-Performance Power Analyzer PPA4500 Features & Benefits

• 0.03% Basic accuracy
• Frequency range DC and 10mHz to 2MHz
• High precision internal shunts
• Superior accuracy to any external shunt
• 5 millidegree phase accuracy for low power factor applications
• Up to 50 Arms (1000 Apk) & 1000 Vrms (3000 Vpk) direct input
• Low current (10Arms), Standard (30Arms), and High current (50Arms) options
• High-speed sampling on all channels (2Ms/s)
• True real-time analysis with no measurement gap
• 1, 2, or 3 phase versions master-slave mode for 4, 5, or 6 phase
• Real-time Digital, Tabular, Graphic, and Oscilloscope displays
• Simple BNC connection of N4L shunts for high-current applications
• RS232, IEEE 488, USB, LAN, Torque, Speed and Extension ports