How I Enroll for a RoadTest - Part 4: Case for Programmable Electronic Load

RE: How I Enroll for a RoadTest - Part 4: Case for Programmable Electronic Load

Jan Cumps — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 11:02:26 GMT

Because I'm not selected for the road test, I'm improving my analog load [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-42933a36-5c20-4a8a-8096-e5a04348a6ae/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16].

I'ts a 12 V 15 W lamp. Precision, stability and programmability are not its strongest point. But it can dissipate good power at low voltages.

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RE: How I Enroll for a RoadTest - Part 4: Case for Programmable Electronic Load

jc2048 — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 11:43:57 GMT

I'd vote for you to have one, even though you are a blatent self-promoter. You'd do a good review in any case, but better than that I'd get to find out what GaN FETs were all about.

I'd also vote for Peter Oakes in the hope that he'd do a side-by-side comparison with his DIY version

https://www.element14.com/community/groups/test-and-measurement/blog/2015/07/31/complete-analogue-dc-load-0-5a-0--60v-but-not-300w

It would be great to see where his low-cost version matched up and where it fell down pitched against a very professional (and correspondingly expensive) instrument.

Sadly, for both of you, I don't get a vote.