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Switch/Load Unit and Plug-In Cards 3
E6198B Switch/Load Unit User Manual 3-3
E6198B Standalone Switch/Load Unit Description
The Switch/Load Unit, , Figure 3-1 consists of a standard VME
type enclosure, a custom high current backplane, and slots for
up to 21 optional Agilent plug-in cards. The following plug-in
cards are available:
• Agilent E6175 8-channel load card
• Agilent E6176A 16-channel load card
• Agilent E6177A 24-channel load card
• Agilent U7177A 24-channel load card with current sense
• Agilent E6178B 8-channel, high power load card
• Agilent N9377A 16-channel dual-load load card
• Agilent N9378A 24-channel low resistance load card
• Agilent N9379A 8-channel, high-density load card
• Agilent E8792A 32-pin matrix card with instrumentation
support
• Agilent E8793A 32-pin matrix card
• Agilent E8782A 40-pin matrix card with 24 instrumentation
support
• Agilent E8783A 64-pin matrix card
• Agilent E8794A custom card
Load cards are described in detail in Chapter 5 and Appendix A
to Appendix C of this manual. The 32-pin matrix card is
described in Chapter 6. The custom card is discussed in
Chapter 7.