[Amps] CTI follow up - miscellaneous ramblings

[Richard]

>
>On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 05:39:05 -0700 Richard <2@mail.vcnet.com> writes:
>
>> >Expanding on a suggestion made to me off list, how about a string of
>150
>> >LEDs to get 300odd V for a screen supply. That could be quite pretty,
>and
>> >give visual indication of loading too.
>> >
>> *  Super-Excellent idea, Steve.  A showy visual display just might  win
>
>> over the "real radios glow in the dark" gang.   Hmmmmm, lets see, with 
>> high-intensity LEDs, it should be possible to make a 800-LED array 
>> screen-shunt regulator for an 8170 that could probably be seen from 
>> 2-miles away.  Would this be impressive or what?  And if this
>screen-reg. 
>> was mounted on top of the tower -- totally kick-butt awesome.  
>> .
>> cheerz
>> 
>> -  R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, 
>> www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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>Hi Rich & Steve,
>   I would hope that before anyone starts wiring all those LED's, one
>would check the LED I/V curve and discover that a "regulator" of this
>design would exhibit something in the neighborhood of 20%... wanderance.
>
*  no problema,  Marv  -- just add a LM-723/power-FET regulator after the 
LED regulator and we've got good V reg. 

-  R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, 
www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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