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Help with L200, measuring Output Current

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tobias
Sun Jan 06 2013, 01:26AM Print
tobias Registered Member #1956 Joined: Wed Feb 04 2009, 01:22PM
Location: Jersey City
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Hi

I am working on a PSU using the L200 to vary output voltage and limit the current. I want to be able to measure Output Current.

A series resistor at the output would do it, but I am wondering if the Current Limiting resistor R3 between pins 5 and 2 on the L200 could be of some use (see picture 7).
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Does anyone knows how this resistor is used by the L200 to limit the current?
Datasheet states voltage between pins 5 and 2 is 0,45 V typ.
Would the IC trigger current limiting when voltage at the R3 reaches this threshold, being V2-3 linear related to Output Current?
Or at any given time/output the drop at R3 will always be 0,45 V?

Happy new year to all!
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Proud Mary
Sun Jan 06 2013, 01:55PM
Proud Mary Registered Member #543 Joined: Tue Feb 20 2007, 04:26PM
Location: UK
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Is there some reason why you can't just put an ammeter in the output line? That's what I'd do.
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tobias
Sun Jan 06 2013, 02:06PM
tobias Registered Member #1956 Joined: Wed Feb 04 2009, 01:22PM
Location: Jersey City
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I want to record both the Voltage and the Current values using an uC.
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Proud Mary
Sun Jan 06 2013, 03:51PM
Proud Mary Registered Member #543 Joined: Tue Feb 20 2007, 04:26PM
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tobias wrote ...

I want to record both the Voltage and the Current values using an uC.

Ah yes, my methods are a bit too basic for that! smile
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tobias
Mon Jan 07 2013, 03:32AM
tobias Registered Member #1956 Joined: Wed Feb 04 2009, 01:22PM
Location: Jersey City
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I hook up a gig to measure Vin, Vout, Iout and the voltage across the 'current limiting resistor V2-5'.

With limit set at ~0,5A, V2-5 remained 0.0014V until Vout dropped limiting the current. At this point I measured 0.42V.

While still curious to find how the limiting works, I will just add a series burden resistor to the output and measure current from there!
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