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John Larkin
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I\'m still playing around with my 8-channel dummy load board. Rather
than simulating resistances electronically, it looks easier to just
switch wirewound resistors with solid-state relays.
Something like this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wj8y8k4tadbg99p/P945_Matrix_M3.jpg?raw=1
which can go from 41 to 1600 ohms.
The first two clusters, two resistors and three relays, allow one
resistor to be on, 2 in series, 2 in parallel, open, and short. This
sort of optimizes spreading the heat out among the resistors.
The problem is that it\'s really hard to think about. It can make 128
useful resistor combinations, and a lot of silly ones. Of the 128, the
sequence of resistances looks kinda goofy; we\'ll select a sub-list
that the customer can select from. Somehow.
Some resistance values appear several times in the list, and some have
better power dissipation sharing than others. 200 ohms is an obvious
case; it can be done 5 different ways. Seven, if some redundant cases
are included.
I wrote a couple of PowerBasic programs to analyze the legal cases,
but somebody will still have to do some hard thinking. Nice puzzle,
actually.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d5wqv3xkznsfcuk/P945_M3_SORTED.csv.txt?dl=0
than simulating resistances electronically, it looks easier to just
switch wirewound resistors with solid-state relays.
Something like this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wj8y8k4tadbg99p/P945_Matrix_M3.jpg?raw=1
which can go from 41 to 1600 ohms.
The first two clusters, two resistors and three relays, allow one
resistor to be on, 2 in series, 2 in parallel, open, and short. This
sort of optimizes spreading the heat out among the resistors.
The problem is that it\'s really hard to think about. It can make 128
useful resistor combinations, and a lot of silly ones. Of the 128, the
sequence of resistances looks kinda goofy; we\'ll select a sub-list
that the customer can select from. Somehow.
Some resistance values appear several times in the list, and some have
better power dissipation sharing than others. 200 ohms is an obvious
case; it can be done 5 different ways. Seven, if some redundant cases
are included.
I wrote a couple of PowerBasic programs to analyze the legal cases,
but somebody will still have to do some hard thinking. Nice puzzle,
actually.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d5wqv3xkznsfcuk/P945_M3_SORTED.csv.txt?dl=0