KORAD · Power supply

KORAD KA/KD series programmable DC power supply (Korad protocol; RND 320, Velleman PS3005D)

BenchMesh controls the KORAD KA/KD series programmable DC power supply (Korad protocol; RND 320, Velleman PS3005D) from your PC: live readings on a power supply panel, every setting within reach, and every value recordable on one timeline with the rest of your bench.

Models

Model	Status	Note
KA3003P	Awaiting confirmation
KA3005P	Awaiting confirmation
KD3005P	Awaiting confirmation
KA3010P	Awaiting confirmation
KA6002P	Awaiting confirmation
KA6003P	Awaiting confirmation
KA6005P	Awaiting confirmation
KD6005P	Awaiting confirmation
KA3303P	Awaiting confirmation	2 programmable channels (+ fixed 5 V); output, OCP and OVP are global
KA3305P	Awaiting confirmation	2 programmable channels (+ fixed 5 V); output, OCP and OVP are global
PS3005D	Awaiting confirmation	Velleman PS3005D/LABPS3005D (Korad KA3005P inside). sigrok needs ~450 ms extra per request on firmware V1.3; LABPS3005DN ('QJE3005P') speaks a different dialect

What you can do from BenchMesh

Power supply panel 1 channel

Live readings

CC
CV
IOUT
OUTPUT
POUT
REMOTE
SBY
VOUT

Settings you can change

Current
Ocp
Output
Ovp
Voltage

Connections

USB-serial / RS-232: 9600 baud, 8N1. Plug in the USB cable (or a USB-RS-232 adapter); BenchMesh finds the port.

Notes

Known issueLibraries pace commands at 50-100 ms (450 ms on Velleman PS3005D V1.3); we use 20-50 ms.

Sources

The definition was written from these documents (definition korad_ka v0.1.0).

KORAD KA3000-Series (KA3303P/KA3305P) User Manual V3.12 - KA3000 Series Remote Control Syntax V2.0, pages 9-13 (printed)
KORAD KA3000/6000-Series User Manual V3.41, pages 14 (COM setting, *IDN? reply)
TENMA Series Protocol V2.0 of Remote Control (same command set), pages 1-2

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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