test circuit
Adam Brooks
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Just curious, I am working on a project with nitinol wire, I plan to use two pins to drive the wire and another pin to sense activation. The sensing circuit is simple, source Vdd a 10k resistor before the pin and finally a switch leading to vss. The driving ckt for the wire however first has the DAC ckt proposed by the handbook a 1k resistor/1 microfarad capacitor with the nitinol wire connected in parallel with the cap. Before the nitinol however is a high freq switching MOSFET transistor, the DAC supplies the collector, the nitinol hooked to the emitter and a pin with a 10k limiting resistor controlling the base current. Everything also has protection diodes.
Now the question, the nitinol wire needs 400mA to activate so I am testing voltages from 2.08V to 3V using the DAC. Is this too much current to draw from the stamp?
Thanks,
Adam
Now the question, the nitinol wire needs 400mA to activate so I am testing voltages from 2.08V to 3V using the DAC. Is this too much current to draw from the stamp?
Thanks,
Adam
Comments
On Javelin's documentation, they say "Note that the onboard voltage regulator can accept between 6 and 24 VDC and output up to 150 mA of current. Since the Javelin consumes approximately 60 mA, you have 90 mA available for other uses."
So I don't think you will be able to drive 400mA from it.
There is also "Sink/Source Current per I/O 30 mA". So I will recommend you to add something between you nitinol and the Javelin.
JM
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That's the right way to do it.
I have my javelin using a +5V power suply, linked with a DC-16 board using a +24V power suply. Both of them are ground connected.
JM
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-Adam