Product Description
The IS200BICMH1A is a GE printed circuit board component created by GE for the Mark VI series. The Mark VI is part of GE’s Speedtronic series, which has been used for the management of gas and steam turbine systems of various size and complexity since the late 1960s. This product, while unique in its product number, may more commonly be referred to by the functional acronym "BICM," which is embedded in the product number itself.
Hardware Tips and Specifications
While a wealth of instructional manual material for the IS200BICMH1A model is relatively absent, simple analysis of this product's baseplate and product number can yield a high amount of pertinent and interesting information. For example, the aforementioned functional acronym "BICM" present in this product's part number describes the functionality of this Mark VI series product to be an IGBT Gate Driver Card.
The majority of this GE product's features can be derived from a simple visual inspection. The IS200BICMH1A has a front faceplate designed with two narrow openings. This front faceplate is labeled with the board ID number and the GE logo. Additional labels reveal the proper slot to insert the board into, as the IS200BICMH1A can be damaged if inserted into the improper rack location. The faceplate is designed to give access to user TP test points, which are located directly behind the two aforementioned narrow openings on the panel and line up with corresponding labels located to the right of the opening. These test point labels include 1A, 1B, 1C, VAB, VBC, VDCP, VMG, VDCN, and ACOM next to the first opening, and DA1 through DA4, TRG1, TRG, and ACOM next to the second opening. On the interior surface of the printed circuit board, TP1 through TP9 line up behind the first opening and TP14 through TP16 behind the second; designating these components as test points for the module administrator. Other supplementary test points are available at other points on the board.
Board connectors on the IS200BICMH1A include two backplane connectors (P1/P2,) and four vertical male pin connectors. Three of these vertical pin connectors are placed side by side and are labeled POD1, POD2, and POD3. The final vertical connector is located directly behind the front faceplate; a ten-pin connector, labeled JTAG. The backplane connectors (P1 and P2) present on this printed circuit board are PANCON horizontal female port connectors; each labeled PANCON 106-128-023 8 04. The IS200BICMH1A has over 150 capacitors, 300 resistors, and 100 integrated circuits. The board has been built with a single metal oxide varistor and five resistor network arrays. IS200BICMH1A carries the code 6BA02 just above the board number, and is protected by a printed circuit board protective coating rated at a "conformal" coating type. Conformal coating, unlike its popular normal coating counterpart; is a completely-covering and exhaustive style of PCB protection that, while significantly thinner than normal coating, should shield the entirety of the circuit board from normative wear and tear damage.
Before truly considering the purchase of this IS200BICMH1A drive component module, it is of course important to consider the dimensions of the product for installation purposes. This particular circuit board measures one foot lengthwise by about eight inches wide, and is a relatively light board as it comes standard without chunky relays or hefty daughterboard attachments. Please note that this product features a functional revision graded at an "A" rating, which may impact the dimensions or even overall functionality of this product. The IS200BICMH1A component module, like many other printed circuit boards here at AX Control, is covered by our guaranteed three-year warranty upon purchase.
