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Old 06-13-2008, 02:51 PM   #266 (permalink)
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Yup, thats why a large value resistor and a zener (which should be forward biased and carrying 650 micro amps at the pulse peak.
I have never looked into this, but do you know if the specific zener that is used with the MPGuino "turns on" fast enough to actually clamp that peak? Obviously for steady state that is true, but the risetime on that peak looks "fast".
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