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Old 05-22-2011, 09:52 AM   #76 (permalink)
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It seems to me that you could do a near equivalent of the desat detection in software. If the overcurrent was tripped, mark the time. If current doesn't get under control in a certain amount of time, open the main contactor, because a tripped overcurrent circuit without reducing current would imply a shorted igbt I suppose. It would be slower than the desat detection I think, but that may not matter.
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