Chroma Programmable AC Source

Senior Electrical Research Engineer Tom Cumberland adjusts the programmable AC Source.

This machine is invaluable to us in developing new products for use in different countries. It allows testing at any voltage and any frequency. For example, you can set it to 120 volts and 60 Hz or to 110 volts and 50 Hz, to test how a product performs with different power cycles. It also varies the voltage into possible parameters plus (+) or minus (-) that simulate what the electrical grid could produce, and test how the product performs under those conditions.