Product Description
This DS200PCCAG1ABB printed circuit board was originally manufactured for GE's Mark V Turbine Control System Series, which, as hinted at by its full extended series name, has specific applications in the management and control systems of compatible wind, steam, and gas turbine automated drive assemblies. The Mark V Series that this DS200PCCAG1ABB PCB belongs to is a legacy series given its eventual manufacturing discontinuation in the years following its initial release, although it additionally exists as one of the final General Electric product series to make use of their Speedtronic control system technology. General Electric's Speedtronic technology was first introduced alongside the rollout of the Mark I Series in the late 1960s. While this DS200PCCAG1ABB printed circuit board or PCB for short is definable functionally as a Power Connect Card, the originally-developed product of this functionality to feature within the Mark V is the DS200PCCAG1 parent printed circuit board missing all three of this DS200PCCAG1ABB product's three significant product revisions.
Hardware Tips and Specifications
The DS200PCCAG1ABB PCCA Power Connect Card serves as an interface board between the SCRs and the drive's control circuitry. Information about the DS200PCCAG1ABB can be found in the GE Industrial Control System Instruction Manual GEI-100161A and GEI-100161B. This board is the "ABB" revision of the baseline DS200PCCAG1 model and is the G1 group number. The G1 group number means that this PCCA board is regenerative and has an armature voltage scaling of 240-630 volts. The DS200PCCAG1ABB has four configurable jumpers located at JP1, JP2, WP3, and WP4. These jumpers, when set to application specific configuration, inform the drive if the snubber capacitors are connected to the power bridge at the same point as the voltage feedback channel. The jumpers in this DS200PCCAG1ABB Mark V Turbine Control System Series PCB's assembly are specifically used as follows:
- JP1 selects DC Armature Voltage Range
- JP2 is used along with JP1 to select DC Armature Voltage Range
- WP3 is set to configure snubber and voltage feedback connection status
- WP4 is also used to indicate snubber and voltage feedback channel connections
The DS200PCCAG1ABB is a commonly used board as part of the G1 group of PCCA Power Connect Cards and is usually available in New and Refurbished conditions as well as being repairable in most instances. The G1 group number attributed to this DS200PCCAG1ABB product is also telling of this DS200PCCAG1ABB Power Connect Card's Ac and Dc styles of snubbers, acceptance of C and G Mark V Series frames, its uniquely separate bus transformer, and finally its maximum Ac voltage rating of less than 480 V rms. The group one Mark V Series product grouping attributed to this DS200PCCAG1ABB printed circuit board was discovered upon a diligent technician-guided breakdown of the DS200PCCAG1ABB functional product number. The DS200PCCAG1ABB functional product number begins with the DS200 series tag detailing this product offering's normal Mark V Series assembly version as well as its domestic original manufacture location. Some of the DS200PCCAG1ABB board-specific hardware details revealed in the DS200PCCAG1ABB functional product number itself include this DS200PCCAG1ABB PCB's PCCA functional acronym, normal PCB coating style, and its possession of a three-fold revision history.
