Creating a Boost Converter WITHOUT a Microcontroller
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It was once said that software's power consumption comes from moving data around rather than the dynamic clock speed power increase. This is possibly true however completely wrong. Power consumption in CMOS is known to increase power consumption linearly under ideal cases, but usually across the full frequency range is exponential. However IO power losses are significant in Turing software machines. This makes sense actually, since it creates so much intermediate memory. This issues was referred to as the memory wall, which is really the IO/Clock wall. We solved this with caching which spends a decent amount of power to indirectly improve performance.
The issue is if you do the solution in hardware or enable the software to function better in software you avoid this problem. The issue is for a long time these was practically very hard to make, which is why Turing software existed in the first place. Now moving forward we have a problem. We have set a set of expectations surrounding software and hardware economics that are not sustainable. Thus we have explored many versions of Turing systems. Economics of silicon are based on yields and market demand in most cases.
This is where software gets a lot of slack, but it is mostly a lie. Tools for a new hardware platform are expensive even in the increasing software world of today. Large scale computers have been working around these software issues constantly. Die shrinking is usually the solution, but that only works so well and for so long. Back in the 90s they played around with newer versions of processor architecture, but it would appear nothing came of it.
Date: 2020-09-05
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Benjamin
I'm new to electronics having only dabbled in relatively simple projects in the past - I have a question and I don't seem to be able to find an answer but this video comes close. Is it possible to take a 0. 5V 6A input (from a sunpower maxeon pv cell) and boost it to a usable voltage (say 5V? I cannot find a boost converter that can handle such a low voltage (or if I do it cannot handle 6A? Does such a boost converter exist or is it possible to split the current accross multiple boost converters?
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I'm new to electronics having only dabbled in relatively simple projects in the past - I have a question and I don't seem to be able to find an answer but this video comes close. Is it possible to take a 0. 5V 6A input (from a sunpower maxeon pv cell) and boost it to a usable voltage (say 5V? I cannot find a boost converter that can handle such a low voltage (or if I do it cannot handle 6A? Does such a boost converter exist or is it possible to split the current accross multiple boost converters?
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Andrew
Great video! It's not that folks don't like micro controllers, but rather they want to learn how the discrete components work before they use an IC. Like making a timer circuit from transistors instead of using a 555 just to see how it works. Once we understand the principle than we can use an IC to make the project easier.
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Great video! It's not that folks don't like micro controllers, but rather they want to learn how the discrete components work before they use an IC. Like making a timer circuit from transistors instead of using a 555 just to see how it works. Once we understand the principle than we can use an IC to make the project easier.
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abed
5: 43 do you have the PCB link please. I need to do this one. And I want to know is it right to change some of the opamp with better one ic and change the resistance with right calculation for better signal quality
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5: 43 do you have the PCB link please. I need to do this one. And I want to know is it right to change some of the opamp with better one ic and change the resistance with right calculation for better signal quality
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Tan
Hi, thank you about your video, can you help me my boost convert? I used pic16F1825 with 130khz, inductor 100uH and capacitor 470uF/16V, can i use high ampe ( i tested 2 ampe, thanks
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Hi, thank you about your video, can you help me my boost convert? I used pic16F1825 with 130khz, inductor 100uH and capacitor 470uF/16V, can i use high ampe ( i tested 2 ampe, thanks
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abed
Hi GreatScot. I want to make a bost/buck converter with out a microcontroller. Can I? Please I need a map for it to do it. I want the range from 1, 2v to 40 v max 8A
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Hi GreatScot. I want to make a bost/buck converter with out a microcontroller. Can I? Please I need a map for it to do it. I want the range from 1, 2v to 40 v max 8A
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ibles
Circuit around U1. 2 need to be configured into integrator amplifier. Take out R8 and replace R10 with capacitor which has 10mS with R9.
Cheers from Indonesia
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Circuit around U1. 2 need to be configured into integrator amplifier. Take out R8 and replace R10 with capacitor which has 10mS with R9.
Cheers from Indonesia
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autistic
Not to ruin the fun but a lot of us ask because we dont have the couple cents to get microcontrollers and we just scrap stuff we find around and are gifted
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Not to ruin the fun but a lot of us ask because we dont have the couple cents to get microcontrollers and we just scrap stuff we find around and are gifted
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Salem
Greatscott all i see are the same chip. I could not differentiate the op amp from the comparator. Can u help me on that pls
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Greatscott all i see are the same chip. I could not differentiate the op amp from the comparator. Can u help me on that pls
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