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Programmable Electronic Load - Calibration Steps

Jan Cumps

This blog documents explains how to calibrate the electronic load that Robert Peter Oakes , jc2048 and Jan Cumps are designing. Some functionality of the instrument are dependent on the components you select and tolerances. Follow the steps below to initialise…

over 6 years ago
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Programmable Electronic Load - Calibration Data in Flash

Jan Cumps

This blog documents explains how persistent calibration data is managed in the electronic load that Robert Peter Oakes , jc2048 and Jan Cumps are designing. This post will again be firmware heavy. It explains how calibration data is structured and managed…

over 6 years ago
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Programmable Electronic Load - Temperature Protection

Jan Cumps

This blog documents focuses on the temperature protection of the electronic load that Robert Peter Oakes , jc2048 and Jan Cumps are designing. This post will be firmware heavy. It explains how the temperature of the power FET is measured and what happens…

over 7 years ago
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Programmable Electronic Load - Power Stage

Jan Cumps

This blog documents focuses on the power stage of the electronic load that Robert Peter Oakes , jc2048 and Jan Cumps are designing. In this post we're laying out a PCB for the power stage - as much as possible with surface mount components. The FET is…

over 4 years ago
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Programmable Electronic Load - Input Enable Functionality

Jan Cumps

This blog documents focuses on the functionality of the Input Enable block of the electronic load that Robert Peter Oakes , jc2048 and Jan Cumps are designing. We're using an i²c port extender to drive this functionality. It will be mostly focusing on…

over 3 years ago
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Programmable Electronic Load - Analyse the Summing Node Zero Point

Jan Cumps

This blog documents investigates the feedback node of the electronic load that Robert Peter Oakes , jc2048 and Jan Cumps are designing. It's an important spot in the load's design. It measures the set point and the feedback from the output. When the output…

over 4 years ago
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Programmable Electronic Load - ADC and DAC BoosterPack test

Jan Cumps

WIP This blog documents the characteristics of the DAC/ADC BoosterPack of the electronic load that Robert Peter Oakes , jc2048 and Jan Cumps are designing. We have the same DAC/ADC BoosterPacks so we can compare the measurements of each ADC and DAC channel…

over 7 years ago
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Programmable Electronic Load

Jan Cumps

Peter, Jon and Jan are building a programmable electronic load. This document is the common design sheet. It's obviously work in progress. And fun. We're building a programmable DC load. The focus is on making a real world working instrument. Hardware…

over 4 years ago
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