On 18 March 2012 19:00, Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> wrote:

> These look pretty handy:
> http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1187
>
> I'm thinking about ways to add load sensing for drives that don't have
> this feature yet. Also, I wonder if they are fast enough for PWM signal
> control?
>
> Digikey has some other models of these sensors but it seems for my
> purposes, the  working voltage isn't high enough, or the current range
> is too wide and some resolution is lost.
>
> Current can also be measured with an opamp measuring voltage across a
> current sense resistor, but I'm worried about a common mode voltage in
> the hundreds of Volts. Is there away to handle this?
> --
> Kirk Wallace
> http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/<https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users>


You could make your own with an optocoupler and a few parts.

I had a quick bash at circuitlab and pasted it it at fotothing. All part
values are bull. It's just to paint a picture.

http://www.fotothing.com/editphoto.php?id=a08a3b3edcfafe2c72ba4d0d78b4bce2


Regards
Roland
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