March 19, 20179 yr comment_759320 Nice! Seems you are using small heat sinks on 10m90s, dn2540, op27...? IMO absolutely not necessary. And yes - opto sevo is the SERVO to use. Report
March 19, 20179 yr comment_759325 3 hours ago, JoaMat said: Nice! Seems you are using small heat sinks on 10m90s, dn2540, op27...? IMO absolutely not necessary. And yes - opto sevo is the SERVO to use. Thank you ! And yeah, I just have them spared laying around when my newphew did some cooking for his graphic cards. So extra doesn't hurt :). I can not believe how good this Carbon and 009 is. Approaching my endgame ! Report
March 19, 20179 yr comment_759328 Well done. Happy for you that everything worked out in the end. Report
March 19, 20179 yr comment_759352 You really need wider L-brackets, though. The stick-on heatsinks won't do anything until they come off and rattle around inside the case and short something Report
March 20, 20179 yr comment_759384 12 hours ago, luvdunhill said: You really need wider L-brackets, though. The stick-on heatsinks won't do anything until they come off and rattle around inside the case and short something I thought about this, and then was thinking if I didn't move around, I shouldn't have it fell off...but hell..."never say never" I took your advise again, and now they are off. The L bracket though, may be another time LoL. For now it run very cool to the touch after a couple hours. I think I am safe Report
March 20, 20179 yr comment_759401 I thought about this, and then was thinking if I didn't move around, I shouldn't have it fell off...but hell..."never say never" I took your advise again, and now they are off. The L bracket though, may be another time LoL. For now it run very cool to the touch after a couple hours. I think I am safe [emoji4] Cool might mean it's not doing its job. How hot are the device fasteners after a few hours and the plastic package itself? Report
March 20, 20179 yr comment_759449 Agreed, I would not describe the Carbon as 'very cool'. As Mark has pointed out you may have a thermal bottleneck. Report
March 20, 20179 yr comment_759469 2 hours ago, johnwmclean said: Agreed, I would not describe the Carbon as 'very cool'. As Mark has pointed out you may have a thermal bottleneck. How warm does it get after a couple hours ? Or should be from the heatsink to the fins and the bracket. I will get a solid thermo gun and post number tomorrow Edited March 20, 20179 yr by Whitigir Report
March 20, 20179 yr comment_759470 My Carbon runs slightly warm to the touch. 20mA, but with pretty large heatsinks and plenty of ventilation in the top panel. It's much, much cooler than the on-board-heatsink KGSSHV and KGST I built before. Report
March 21, 20179 yr comment_759507 Yes, my carbon runs hot too (20mA) but I haven't problem. Use large heatsink. Report
March 21, 20179 yr comment_759537 18 hours ago, Whitigir said: How warm does it get after a couple hours ? Or should be from the heatsink to the fins and the bracket. I will get a solid thermo gun and post number tomorrow Your case looks like a 2U? If so, those sinks should be very warm to hot after 2 hours. Apart from the bracket width issue, what did you use to mate your brackets to the heatsinks? Report
March 21, 20179 yr comment_759541 i was wondering how you were going to do 3 layers in your kitchen, now i know Report
March 21, 20179 yr comment_759550 I'm almost ready to connect power. Must say I'm a bit nervous about this...... Report
March 21, 20179 yr comment_759567 Reality TV..... nhaa. But look at this. Balance is perfect. The offset is shit though - should be zerooooo. Ops Cheers Report
March 21, 20179 yr comment_759569 Lol, the last time my offset went to shx was when it costed me 10m90s and couple Resistors. 4 hours ago, GeorgeP said: Your case looks like a 2U? If so, those sinks should be very warm to hot after 2 hours. Apart from the bracket width issue, what did you use to mate your brackets to the heatsinks? Yes, it is 2U. I am using Thermal paste from Artic silver but went with Ceramic compound type. Now I have my thermal gun, the Carbon hottest part of the heat sink read 42 C each side, a bit different. The Cree 100007 on the HV reads 41 C, and on the Amp board reads 42.5 C after couple hours on. i love that bottle! Edited March 21, 20179 yr by Whitigir Report
March 22, 20179 yr comment_759632 The 3-4 volts offset was a bit of a disappointment. Turned out OP27 was (partly) defect. New OP installed and now I get readings as below. No signal at input and DC at outputs are in mV range. No trimmers, just power up, inhale and all is set. Report
March 22, 20179 yr comment_759638 24 minutes ago, JoaMat said: The 3-4 volts offset was a bit of a disappointment. Turned out OP27 was (partly) defect. New OP installed and now I get readings as below. No signal at input and DC at outputs are in mV range. No trimmers, just power up, inhale and all is set. did you empty the bottle in the meantime? that might create a bit of an offset ;o) Report
March 22, 20179 yr comment_759686 The three layer Carbon has as early said no trimmers. Offset and balance are entirely controlled by servos. The offset servo is the opto version introduced by Kevin some year ago. The balance servo I use was published by Kerry somewhere on Head Case a couple of years ago in a LTspice model. The cascoded current sources used is thanks to James Lin and his SRX revisited. James cascoded current source is now days found in many amplifiers and power supplies here at Head Case. Thank you gentlemen. (If I’ve had a screen printer in my kitchen your names would be on the top silk) Report
March 22, 20179 yr comment_759705 On 3/21/2017 at 1:14 PM, kevin gilmore said: i was wondering how you were going to do 3 layers in your kitchen, now i know Same here. Single sided sandwiched with double sided blanks? I'll give you an A for creativity! I personally will stop at 2-layer, and commercial houses are so cheap anymore I don't bother with those Report
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