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- From: crichmon@sedona.intel.com (Chris Richmond)
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- Subject: Re: Power Amplifiers
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 16:41:40 GMT
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- In article <1k247hINNsof@shelley.u.washington.edu>, whit@carson.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore) writes:
- In article <1993Jan25.135100.46744@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> rsl09@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
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- : > I am interested in a power amplifier that could drive a DC motor/actuator.
- : >I am using the actuator in a slow-response feedback loop. The power amplifier
- : >should interface an OP-AMP, that produces the error signal, and the
- : >actuator that demands up to 3 Amps for input voltages up to 20 volts.
- : >Therefore, I need a push-pull 60 W DC power amplifier. I have been able
- : >to find couple of power OP-AMPs that seem to to able to do the job. But,
- : >they are expensive - price is around $100.
- :
- : And, power op amps can usually NOT handle an inductive load
- : (like a motor). They will burn up (no, internal current limiting
- : is NOT a solution here: the problem is reverse-biasing the output
- : transistors' emitter junction, and kills the amplifier at LOW current).
- :
- : If the motor doesn't need to reverse, a PWM switching
- : regulator + pass transistor can do a good job. In the general
- : case, you might consider buying a computer-controlled stepping
- : motor for the task (but that doesn't interface nicely with
- : an op amp feedback circuit...).
- :
- : John Whitmore
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- Ah, but consider an Intel 80C196 variety microcontroller. It can generate the PWM
- signals or digitally drive a stepper, and has a built in 10 bit A/D for the
- analog feedback.
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- Chris
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