The test rig now has the buck converter components (MOSFET, Schottky diode and inductor) added to it. A 9 volt battery connected directly across gate and source terminals keeps the MOSFET turned on. In the DC state, these components don't do anything, and I can continue to use the test rig to measure voltage and current.
By Julian
Youtuber, shed dweller, solar charge controller aficionado
sir did you directly attack the MOSFET gate with PWM the arduino ?
what's the spec on this capacitor?
Hi Julian, I am trying to use the PWM file but I am unable to find the PWMcpp file. Please help.
Sir ,what's the value of inductance of that toroid that you've used in your circuit?
sir,..is that arduino??
Yeah, although I'm starting to think that I'll need a dual trace scope (or even more) as I'd like to watch the inductor voltage and diode voltage and have the oscillator waveform on the screen, all at the same time. My rather basic single trace scope may not be much use.
When you get your oscillator set up, a scope should be able to tell when you're saturating the inductor, yeah?