im sure its on the forum somewhere but i cant find it.
when running more than one 445 diode off a driver what resistor should i use?
cheers
im sure its on the forum somewhere but i cant find it.
when running more than one 445 diode off a driver what resistor should i use?
cheers
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Andy dont just use a resistor use ohms law!
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is it really the law, if i dont use it will i get arrested?
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I use 1/2 watt 1ohm. Its easy to measure the current through a 1 ohm resistor!
Given the massive tolerences of those 445s I would be more comfortable with a bit more than 1Ώ cushion between them and 1A @ 1V is 1W so a half watter will be toast
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your right. If driving at 1amp need 1 watt. 3 is the most I have paralleled. If I remember right, I drove them with 2amps total. I know for fact i checked the current to each diode and they were within a few mA.
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Last edited by logsquared; 02-16-2011 at 12:10.
Yeah, if the diodes a fairly well matched there will be no problem. LDs behave like zeners so if you have two that are wildly apart and you haven't got enough 'flex' between them, you could end up with one crowbarring all of the current while the other twiddles it's thumbs.
Analogy of the day: Two eggs need to be clamped to a surface with one clamp, if the clamp's face is rigid you better hope that the eggs are exactly the same size < or should that be egg-sactly
You could fit a spring loaded spreader to the clamp, but again, the springs need to be soft enough to give before the yolk squirts out
Last edited by Doc; 02-16-2011 at 12:37.
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