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06/23/09 06:35
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#166376 - Sorry for the delay
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Sorry, I thought what I wanted was simple, but looks it is much more complicated than I thought.
I cant understand half of what you are saying, and this is MY fault, I know.

I thought a simple resistor and driver would solve my problem.

What I really want is two things:

First: Drive this 3W RGB Led from a microcontroller pin, preferably using a cheap and simple way. The ULN is a nice option, but it didnt worked well as I said.

Second: I want to drive devices, as this controller will drive many type of devices, voltage and current will vary every time (place to place). I want something with a maximum current of something like 10A, so looking around I bumped in MOSFET IRF640 which is powerful, easy to find and not so expensive, now I'm searching for a simple way to conect it to the 8051 output. I think switching the ground is better because I will be free to choose the driven devices voltages.
http://img.mercadolivre.com.br/jm/img?s=...13.jpg&v=O
http://img.mercadolivre.com.br/jm/img?s=...25.jpg&v=O
In this two pictures shows a microcontrolled device, I asked the seller for the output transisotr, but he didnt said to me, he said only it was a N channel MOSFET with more than 10A. I was looking for the pictures, looks it hasnt much components between the microcontroller and the MOSFETs, how he done this?

Thanks.

List of 30 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
High power led driver            01/01/70 00:00      
   Have you accounted for Vce(sat) ?            01/01/70 00:00      
   resistors are not a good solution            01/01/70 00:00      
      Have you considered a current mirror?            01/01/70 00:00      
         mirror, mirror on the wall            01/01/70 00:00      
            No question about it ...            01/01/70 00:00      
               But was that the question?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I focused on the brightness match ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Doesn't it show that he's missed an important point?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        He doesn't really have to consider voltage            01/01/70 00:00      
                           for a (short) while            01/01/70 00:00      
   Sorry for the delay            01/01/70 00:00      
      The ULN works perfectly well - as far as it goes.            01/01/70 00:00      
      MOSFET Technical Info            01/01/70 00:00      
      Key term is 'logic level'            01/01/70 00:00      
         commom part            01/01/70 00:00      
            Catalogue?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Mosfet            01/01/70 00:00      
      I believe you'll have a problem ...            01/01/70 00:00      
         IRF530            01/01/70 00:00      
            Dig a little deeper, Chico ...            01/01/70 00:00      
               circuit... will work if I do this way?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  No!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Look at the specification for IRLD120            01/01/70 00:00      
                     now i get confoosed            01/01/70 00:00      
                        High power            01/01/70 00:00      
                        He has digressed            01/01/70 00:00      
                           I suspect it's because he needs a constant current switch            01/01/70 00:00      
                              And I suspect that we are wildly guessing...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 a little more specificity, please, Chico            01/01/70 00:00      

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