RC Nitro engine plug, what is the amp needed?
power a plug form model engine, I have do some test with my power supply: Bearly heated at 2.21A 1.19V 2.5A seems fine 1.39V 2.79A seems the be limit. Target: make a Arduino controlled constant amp controller There are lot of DC DC converter, claim to have 3A, but it's the chip claim. See this MP1584 is used in most small boards.( 2338 is latest chip recommended by MP) It's easy to see that the inductor is often not big enough, schematic required 10uH, but most of those small boards are only 4.7uH. Plan is to 1. add enough inductor.(not sure what is the diode for? it's not on the schematic ) to see if it would provide enough Amp. 2. use arduino board to measure current and with DAC to put voltage on the feedback pin. in order to light up at 2.5A. 3. Using enable pin to on and off the device. Test 1 I did try to control a mosfet with arduino and use INA219 to do current control, but the N-mosfet I use D4184 is not designed for low gatedrive. It has oscillation problem