PDC’s AC/DC solid-state power distribution unit provides significant Size, Weight, Power and Cost (SWaP-C) savings by combining both 115VAC and 28VDC functionality into a single ruggedized, military-grade form factor.
Benefits
- High Reliability
- 25x improvement in MTBF, compared with mechanical switches, breakers, and relays
- Very rapid short circuit deactivation protects wires, loads, and SSPCs
- Improved mission safety and longevity
- Greater System Protection
- I²T overload protection avoids nuisance trips
- Controlled rise/fall time for EMI reduction, reduced inrush currents, and reduced inductive transients during turn-off
- Provides prognostics/diagnostics data
- Enables preventive and automated maintenance
- Power profiling and analysis
- More Efficiency
- 7x Improvement in volume density, 5x improvement in weight density, compared with mechanical switches, breakers, and relays
- Low power dissipation
- Crew off-loading
- Energy savings through load shedding and load prioritization
- Programmability allows for increase in up-time and mission readiness
- Cost Savings
- Weight and integration savings
- Programmability allows for minimum inventory
- Minimized maintenance and support
- Field upgradability provides protection from obsolescence
Applications
- Aircraft Mission System Power Distribution
- Military Land Vehicles
- Military/Commercial Ships
- Weapon Systems
- Unmanned Vehicles
Performance
- Total power capability of 55KVA (115VAC) and 31KW (28VDC)
- Measurement accuracy better than 5%
- Controlled rise/fall times
- Monitoring
- Load currents
- Input voltage
- Channel output voltages
- On-board and external temperatures
Functionality
- 115VAC and 28VDC PDU system
- Supports (4) RP-2701X 115VAC SSPC and (4) RP-26622X 28VDC boards
- Up to (6) 115VAC input buses with (40) 1f (or 12, 3f ) load inputs
- Up to (8) 28VDC input buses with (122) load outputs
- CANbus & RS-485 (future option) communication interfaces
- Supported by DDC's power management controller unit, based on the BU-67125X Avionics Computer
Environmental
- MIL-STD-810 compliance for shock, vibration etc.
- MIL-STD-461 compliance for EMI/EMC
- ENV DO-160G compliance
- MIL-STD-704F, MIL-STD-1275E compliance
- Ruggedized convection cooled form factor
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