Is it possible to use the voltage divider in the feedback loop of an adjustable buck converter to continously change the desired output voltage over time ..?
How fast could the feedback voltage be allowed to change without compromising stability ..?
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Could the MCU then be interfaced to the voltage divider for tps54283 page 42, figure 45. By connecting an transistor in parallel over the R4 resistor (or R10). And control the transistor base via an RC filter connected to one of the MCU digital outputs. The MCU could then output PWM to regulate the output voltage level. An alternative is to use an one chip D/A instead of the RC/PWM setup to control the transistor base.
Any thoughts on this? (I did some searches. But no real good info turned up) I suspect there's some real gotchas here :-)
The original idea turned up when looking at how buck converters are designed and looking for a way to control DC motor speed without burning away excess power or getting lot's of EMI (from PWM). The initial thought was to simple use an inductor to rid of the EMI. Then by controlling a switch transistor the power level could be controlled by an MCU. But then there's already chips doing this, namely buck converters. So by controling the buck converters feedback voltage divider one can control the dc motor speed. And a transistor in parallel over the "top" resistor used in the linear region would allow adjustment over the voltage divider. An D/A could then be used to control the transistor base. A simple D/A could be accomplished by using an RC filter wired to one digital output from the MCU. The problem seems to be how to control the buck converter feedback mechanism and still have voltage control loop work without the MCU.