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Finding the best budget DC power supply on the market could be a real challenge. Rohde & Schwarz can help you address it by guiding you through our R&S®ESSENTIALS portfolio: from basic low-cost DC power supplies for educational bench to manufacturing and lab DC power supplies for advanced applications. Our budget DC power supplies with output power of 100W and up to 3 channels are perfect for basic use in manufacturing, R&D and education. If you are looking for a DC power supply in applications where speed and accuracy are the key, the performance line from R&S®ESSENTIALS with output power up to 800W and up to 4 channels will be a great choice. For battery simulation, power consumption tests and material component tests we have a line of specialty DC power supplies and SMUs.

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Product Name
Number of output channels
Max. output power
Output voltage per channel
Max. current per channel
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Number of output channels
2/3
Max. output power
100 W
Output voltage per channel
0 V to 32 V
Max. current per channel
3 A
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Number of output channels
1/2
Max. output power
80 W
Output voltage per channel
0 V to 35 V; 0 V to 100 V
Max. current per channel
2 A; 6 A
Starting at
Number of output channels
2/3
Max. output power
188 W
Output voltage per channel
0 V to 32 V
Max. current per channel
5 A; 10 A
Starting at
Number of output channels
3/4
Max. output power
384 W
Output voltage per channel
0 V to 32 V
Max. current per channel
10 A
Starting at
Number of output channels
2/4
Max. output power
800 W
Output voltage per channel
0 V to 32 V;
0 V to 64 V
Max. current per channel
20 A;
10 A
Starting at
Number of output channels
1/2
Max. output power
120 W
Output voltage per channel
0 V to 20 V
Max. current per channel
-3 A to 6 A
Starting at
Number of output channels
1/2
Max. output power
120 W
Output voltage per channel
0 V to 20 V
Max. current per channel
-3 A to 6 A
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R&S®NGU source measure units, front viewR&S®NGU
Number of output channels
1
Max. output power
60 W
Output voltage per channel
0 V to 20 V;
-20 V to +20 V
Max. current per channel
≤ 6 V: ±8 A, > 6 V: ±3 A
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