Discrete TRIAC Suggestion?

Oct 01, 2012 31 Replies

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

How are you going to trigger it? They have different triggering quadrants.

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That ended up being the snag... chicken-egg event, no gate power source available to start it up :-( ...Jim Thompson

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Thanks for the nudge. I always liked the TRIAC idea. So I went back and was scratching my... and I saw a way ;-) ...Jim Thompson

| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Right. It will remain another of your little secrets.

John Larkin Highland Technology Inc www.highlandtechnology.com jlarkin at highlandtechnology dot com Precision electronic instrumentation Picosecond-resolution Digital Delay and Pulse generators Custom timing and laser controllers Photonics and fiberoptic TTL data links VME analog, thermocouple, LVDT, synchro, tachometer Multichannel arbitrary waveform generators

Absolutely! Otherwise how could you play banty rooster ?:-)

Anyone else want to see it? E-mail and I'll send the schematic right out (restrictions apply... Jamie sure isn't getting a copy :-) ...Jim Thompson

| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

The more people you show it to, the more bugs we'll find. You'd rather your customer find them?

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc jlarkin at highlandtechnology dot com http://www.highlandtechnology.com Precision electronic instrumentation Picosecond-resolution Digital Delay and Pulse generators Custom laser drivers and controllers Photonics and fiberoptic TTL data links VME thermocouple, LVDT, synchro acquisition and simulation

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Must be hell to feel so inadequate that you (Larkin) have to keep pimping yourself constantly >:-) ...Jim Thompson

| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

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Must be hell to be so incompetent at discrete power design.

Stick to chip design. You're a public danger with power stuff.

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc jlarkin at highlandtechnology dot com http://www.highlandtechnology.com Precision electronic instrumentation Picosecond-resolution Digital Delay and Pulse generators Custom laser drivers and controllers Photonics and fiberoptic TTL data links VME thermocouple, LVDT, synchro acquisition and simulation

At his age? not to worry :)

Jamie

That's fine Jim, I get enough junk mail now, I don't need any more.

Jamie

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

The types used in electronic florescent starters came to mind as the derived gate current imposes limitations - but so far as I can find they only use SCRs enclosed in a bridge.

If your application can accommodate that; ST is a good place to start.

And it seems to have taken any chance at wisdom as well.

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