Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) recently announced the two grand
prize winners of its Test of Time power-supply contest: Richard Factor of
Little Ferry, N.J., and Simon Jensen of Husum, Germany. Each will receive an
Agilent N6705B DC power analyzer and three modules.
The contest highlights the longstanding use of Agilent DC power
supplies. Engineers using vintage HP/Agilent power supplies were invited to
write a short story about their DC power supplies, telling how the instrument
has been used over the years and how they are using it today to overcome test
challenges.
Factor, who was named a winner by an Agilent judging committee,
described how he was using a 1970s HP 6186B DC current source to develop and monitor a
system he devised for using his Toyota Prius to supply power to
his home during power outages.
Jensen was selected by vote of those who read the submitted stories to
the contest website. He used the current sink capability of an Agilent 6632B DC
power supply to create an inexpensive load to test a switching
power supply he built.
"Agilent has over 50 years of power-supply expertise and more than
250 basic and high-performance programmable DC power supplies designed to meet
the needs of engineers in many industries and applications," said Kari
Fauber, marketing manager, Agilent's System Products Division. "The Test
of Time contest embodied those ideals of leadership and long-standing
reliability of our power supplies."
More information about Agilent power supplies is available at www.agilent.com/find/PowerContest.
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diagnostics, electronics and communications. The company's 20,000 employees
serve customers in more than 100 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $6.6
billion in fiscal 2011. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.