EPISODE · Nov 9, 2021 · 11 MIN
The Great Search: Current Sense Resistors
from Adafruit Industries · host Adafruit Industries
For the STSPIN stepper breakout board, we need some current sense/limiting resistors. These are special resistors that are very low resistance but very high wattage, so they can dissipate the heat from the Resistance * Current^2. One thing we need to optimize for in this project is space over price - since the board size is fixed. So let's find the smallest current sense resistor we can, we might discover some interesting things! See on Digi-Key at https://www.digikey.com/short/djch7b70 Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com See more Desk of Ladyada on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOXUtaFu7-_D1UCugC8OecKv See other episodes of The Great Search https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVHqJN28IbXLBj1FKCxw-xD ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/
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For the STSPIN stepper breakout board, we need some current sense/limiting resistors. These are special resistors that are very low resistance but very high wattage, so they can dissipate the heat from the Resistance * Current^2. One thing we need to optimize for in this project is space over price - since the board size is fixed. So let's find the smallest current sense resistor we can, we might discover some interesting things! See on Digi-Key at https://www.digikey.com/short/djch7b70 Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com See more Desk of Ladyada on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOXUtaFu7-_D1UCugC8OecKv See other episodes of The Great Search https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVHqJN28IbXLBj1FKCxw-xD ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/
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