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YauDL
Folder: Electronics
(Y)et (a)nother (u)seless (D)ummy (L)oad ! Left-over PCBs might be found here.
YauDL - Dummy Load
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V0.1 board assembled. It works OK once all the bugfixes have been applied to it.
Left-over PCBs might be found here .
YauDL - Dummy Load
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V0.1 board assembled. It works OK once all the bugfixes have been applied to it.
Left-over PCBs might be found here .
BOARDS!
YauDL-V0.1 - frontside
YauDL-V0.1 - backside
TO-220 FULLPAK on heatsink
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No metal parts except the legs. I've already managed to kill 2 of these MOSFETs (IRLIZ34N). One of them died due to overheating. Now I'll switch to one that comes in the standard TO-220 package, which has better heat transfer (IRL3803).
10-turn potentiometer
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It will be used for adjusting current.
Unfortunately I couldn't get a metric version of this thing. Now I have to deal with a 1/4-in shaft. Yuck. The range of available knobs for non-6.0mm-shafts is rather limited.
2 P-CH MOSFETS
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They are used as reverse polarity protection.
These tiny SOT23 parts (AO3401) are really quite beefy. They exhibit about 50mOhm (logic level drive) and can take up to 4A each. The most they will have to tolerate on this board is 2.5A each.
I got these on ebay. A pack of 50pcs is about 12$ including shipping.
The same 2 MOSFETS again
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Red and black
Wire-wound potentiometer
Regulator + TANTALUM caps
Dummy Load - backside
Bodge capacitors
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I had to add these two (back-to-back) to get the thing to run stably. I don't know if it is the dummy load or the DUT that starts to oscillate...
YauDL - back side
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A dummy load. Peak current is 5A. That is currently (hahaha) limited by using only 5V as the reference voltage for the opamp.
LTSpice simulations (with a different opamp) showed possible oscillations at a set-current of above 2A. I had to add another BW-limiting capacitor to the opamp that drives the MOSFETs. If I'm lucky the real thing won't need it. If it does I'll have to bodge it. I won't immediately order the V0.2 PCB for that. I only need one working board for personal usage.
YauDL - front side with '訂單號'
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A dummy load. Peak current is 5A. That is currently (hahaha) limited by using only 5V as the reference voltage for the opamp.
LTSpice simulations (with a different opamp) showed possible oscillations at a set-current of above 2A. I had to add another BW-limiting capacitor to the opamp that drives the MOSFETs. If I'm lucky the real thing won't need it. If it does I'll have to bodge it. I won't immediately order the V0.2 PCB for that. I only need one working board for personal usage.
• BOM
• schematic
YauDL - test 01
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Pulling 5A out of a 5V switch mode power supply. Voltage has dropped a bit, as this device is only rated for 3A.
YauDL - test 2
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Sometimes there is some HF oscillation going on. I don't know if it is the DUT or the dummy load. It goes away pretty quickly.
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