Difference between revisions of "EL Driver Shield"

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== Project Status ==
 
== Project Status ==
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* 2011-10-06: Completed board routing, still need to do silkscreen and checklist.
 
* 2011-10-05: Completed revision 1 schematic, passes checklist.  Started board layout, got about 50% complete.
 
* 2011-10-05: Completed revision 1 schematic, passes checklist.  Started board layout, got about 50% complete.
 
* 2011-10-04: Almost finished HV AC switching/control.
 
* 2011-10-04: Almost finished HV AC switching/control.

Revision as of 04:29, 7 October 2011

The EL Driver Shield will drive 8 channels of EL wire, generating required voltages on the shield itself. Each channel will support dimming individually.

Project Status

  • 2011-10-06: Completed board routing, still need to do silkscreen and checklist.
  • 2011-10-05: Completed revision 1 schematic, passes checklist. Started board layout, got about 50% complete.
  • 2011-10-04: Almost finished HV AC switching/control.
  • 2011-10-03: Finished BOM/schematic for HV AC converter/inverter.
  • 2011-10-02: Finished designing/simulating HV DC generator in LTSpice, put BOM and schematic for this section together.
  • 2011-10-01: Many hours spent in LTSpice putting together a design for the HV DC generation.
  • 2011-09-30: Started putting basic design ideas together.

Ideas / Brainstorming

  • One single high voltage converter with separate switches for each channel
  • Dimming using PWM via optoTRIAC on each channel, synced with the HV AC converter
  • Shield will likely need a microcontroller on it
    • Inputs: 2x I2C address setting
    • Outputs: 1x HV DC converter sync pulse, 1x HV AC converter polarity signal, 8x optoTRIAC gate outputs
    • Bus: I2C, RS232