About the DS3820MAUC
The DS3820MAUC is a modified PCB designed as a component for the Mark IV system. This system is made for the management of gas and steam turbines, and is built around integrated microcomputers that monitor the turbine system twenty-four hours a day, and protects it from such things as fire, vibration, over speed, and loss of flame. The MKIV can also automate such procedures as startup, speed control, control sequencing, and shutdown. The Mark IV Turbine Control System Series that this DS3820MAUC printed circuit board product offering belongs to has to be considered a now-obsolete legacy product series as a whole, given the fact that it is one of the brand's series that was discontinued in one of the many years beyond its initial rollout due to a manufacturer-identified functional series-wide obsolescence. It is unknown whether or not this DS3820MAUC product offering is the originally-developed product of its specific Mark IV Series functionality, given the fact that its DS3820MAUC functional product number makes no use of a series grouping tag as is typical with other Mark IV Series products here.
Hardware Tips and Specifications
The DS3820MAUC is a modified version of the DS3800HRPB. There are several modifications that have taken place. These include the installation of a top hat mounting plate with two slots cut into each short end. This mounting plate is attached to the PCB by screws placed through factory drilled holes at each top corner of the board and near each bottom corner. These locations also support vertical spacer pins in which a plexiglass shield is connected. This plexiglass shield is another modification. A fifth support is added at the center of the board. The final modification to the board is the addition of a cable connector bar. This bar allows for the connection of eight cables via eight round cable ports. The original board (DS3800HRPB) is built with a board stiffener running across its long dimension. The board has eight toggle switches and a set of spare PTH. The board has one transistor, a six-pin header, and many integrated circuits, including oscillating chips. Resistors tend to be ceramic-covered metal film. There is one thermistor located on the board. Capacitors are made of several materials. Technical support for the DS3820MAUC was provided by GE.
Given the fact that this DS3820MAUC printed circuit board product offering or PCB for short was originally designed and manufactured specifically with General Electric's Mark IV Turbine Control System Series in mind, it is not accompanied here or online by any great amount of originally-pertinent instructional manual materials. With this being the case, other alternative sources of DS3820MAUC Board hardware component and component specification information become relevant; including the DS3820MAUC functional product number that was designed by General Electric to indirectly demonstrate a number of relevant DS3820MAUC Board hardware specifications through a set selection of General Electric-formulated functional naming segments. For starters, the DS3820MAUC functional product number begins with the dual-functioning DS3800 series tag responsible for describing this DS3820MAUC product's normal Mark IV Series assembly as well as its domestic original location of GE manufacture. This is followed in the DS3820MAUC functional product number by an instance of the MAUC functional product abbreviation, which serves to exist as a convenient conversational and promotional shorthand alternative to the lengthy DS3820MAUC product number itself. Interestingly enough, this DS3820MAUC product's DS3820MAUC functional product number seems to omit the typical mention of a Mark IV Series product grouping or any individual style of printed circuit board protective coating.
