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    question:
    how do you set up current drive on these drivers ??
    on the die4drive for example there is a monitor pin that you put a multimeter on
    to read drive current

    any way i am in for one let me know when they are ready
    When God said “Let there be light” he surely must have meant perfectly coherent light.

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    Quote Originally Posted by badger1666 View Post
    question:
    how do you set up current drive on these drivers ??
    Simple: Connect an Amp meter directly to the outputs. Best to do it at 5V supply as it will heat up the FETs quite a bit

    /Thomas

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    Quote Originally Posted by Badpip View Post
    Simple: Connect an Amp meter directly to the outputs. Best to do it at 5V supply as it will heat up the FETs quite a bit /Thomas
    Hey T.... wouldn´t it be better to use a heatable dummy load, to avoid the FET heatup and convert the measurement to a voltage?

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    Quote Originally Posted by catalanjo View Post
    Hey T.... wouldn´t it be better to use a heatable dummy load, to avoid the FET heatup and convert the measurement to a voltage?

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    Sure, a dummy load would be nicer to the FETs, but it is less accurate. As the dummy load heats up, the resistance (and therefore the voltage) will change.

    An Amp-meter in series with a dummy load would avoid this though.

    /Thomas

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    Quote Originally Posted by Badpip View Post
    Sure, a dummy load would be nicer to the FETs, but it is less accurate. As the dummy load heats up, the resistance (and therefore the voltage) will change./Thomas
    Aha! .... I knew there was a good reason to include a TECdriver on the board ..LOL..
    Cheers

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    I, too, am in for one of these when ready. I have one of Edison's red modules on the way and he said this will be the best driver for that particular module.

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    UPDATE:

    The PCBs has FINALLY left customs, and will be delivered to me Monday!

    /Thomas

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    Quote Originally Posted by mccarrot View Post
    The driver I use (also with blue beam, supression) made by a very skilled member of this forum uses a onboard SMPS to set power to the driver just above the Vop of the diode to get a very efficient driver.
    Hm, that smells like a class H audio amplifier. Efficient yet lightweight. Me like.

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    this is probably a stupid question, but could i power 2 lpcs and a 445 and not use the last channel or even just two diodes?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bennett326 View Post
    this is probably a stupid question, but could i power 2 lpcs and a 445 and not use the last channel or even just two diodes?
    Sure, you can use as many (or as few) channels you want

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