Hi all,
I built a current sence circuit which trips out at about 5amps using a a
0.1R Ressitor, Which should give around 400mV, which works fine. The problem is I can't for the life of me remember how I worked out the resistor value. I would assume that 0.047R would give me 400mV drop at 10amps though thats only a guess. So how do you work it out ?thanks, Chris
R (ohm) = U (volt) / I (amp) = 0.4 V / 10 A = 0.04 Ohm
The power that is used by the resistor can be calculated as follows:
P (watt) = U (volt) * I (amp) = 0.4 V * 10 A= 4 Watt
In this case at least a 5 watt resistor should be used.
hope this helps, Dirk
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thanks, was about the same as my guess :)
Chris
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