B&K Precision · Electronic load
B&K Precision 8600 series DC electronic load
BenchMesh controls the B&K Precision 8600 series DC electronic load from your PC: live readings on a electronic load panel, every setting within reach, and every value recordable on one timeline with the rest of your bench.
Models
What you can do from BenchMesh
Electronic load panel 1 channel
Live readings
- IIN
- INPUT
- MODE
- OCP
- OPP
- OVP
- PIN
- REMOTE
- VIN
Settings you can change
- Curr
- Input
- Mode
- Pow
- Remote
- Remote compensation
- Res
- Short
- Volt
Connections
- USB-serial / RS-232
- 9600 baud, 8N1. Plug in the USB cable (or a USB-RS-232 adapter); BenchMesh finds the port.
- USB-TMC
- USB Test & Measurement Class (USB id 2ec7). No vendor driver needed on Linux; on Windows BenchMesh installs Microsoft’s WinUSB driver with one click.
Notes
- Not supported (yet)GPIB not supported.
- To confirm on first contactUSB product id not documented (vendor 2ec7); 9600 baud assumed.
Sources
The definition was written from these documents (definition bk_8600 v0.1.0).
- 8600 Series Programming Manual (8600_Series_Programming_Manual.pdf), pages 6-10, 21, 24, 29, 37, 44-47, 65-66
Have one on your bench?
Connect it, press Detect, try the controls - then tell us how it went. Every confirmation moves a model from “Awaiting” to “Community-confirmed” for everyone.
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