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Old 08-03-2009, 03:58 PM   #34 (permalink)
adamj12b
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Originally Posted by esoneson View Post
Adam,

Did you also add more mosfet drivers to the control section to handle the increase number of mosfets? Seems like there was a timing issue when a single driver interfaced to that many mosfets due to wire length differences.

Eric
Hi Eric,

Simply, Yes.

I have 3 driver boards that each drive 7 mosfets. These 3 driver boards will be connected by 3 pieces of cable all the same length. All the traces on the 3 driver boards are exactly the same length as well. Thus, allowing the pulses to reach each mosfet in almost unity.

-Adam

A picture of the layout of the driver boards.
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