Each chassis has a resident controller. The rackmount configuration can house up to three load modules while the benchtop chassis accommodates two single bay modules. Individual MML modules can be synchronized or operated in parallel with other MML modules. The MML loads can simulate a wide range of dynamic loading conditions and feature user programmable loading waveforms with adjustable slew rates, load levels, duration and mode. Real-time measurement of voltage and current is built into each load module.
Users can perform voltage measurements during a short circuit test.
In addition, manufacturers of products such as PCs, printers, notebook computers, mobile phones, hubs and similar equipment who buy power supplies from others will find the MML loads useful for performing incoming quality testing. Battery makers can use the devices to simplify discharge testing for a wide variety of batteries, while designers of computers, servers, uninterruptible power systems, military products, and other electronics can use the new devices for a range of engineering test and evaluation applications. All MML loads are CE marked and have a one-year warranty. In the mid-1970s I was fortunate to work with electronic loads, but they were still a bit of a novelty. Times certainly have changed, and Sorensen's MML modules are a case in point.