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Old 10-20-2014, 08:55 PM   #6897 (permalink)
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if desat happens, the igbts will be disabled. if they fail, current won't fall. hmm... it would be one extra line of code to open the contactor if desat or hardware overcurrent fails to cause curremt to go to zero. thats a good idea.
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