Re: somebody stop me
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2019 4:10 pm
What is a tl431, and what does it do?
I have thought about redesigning the simple solar lamp (just for chuckles), but their dedicated IC already works pretty damn good... a few minor tweaks like more solar panel area, and higher capacity battery is probably as good as ever needed (probably about $0.10 to $0.20 adder in production volume). A different value inductor is a wash to the BOM.
Somebody could sell a premium version for almost no BOM cost increase.
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97' in the shade... I decided to switch my heat pump over to "dry" mode to see if it still makes my house too cold...
So far rather comfortable and I think I see the humidity dropping, so maybe that's the trick, only use "Dry mode" when outside is in the high 90s.. and MS normal humidity.
JR
I have thought about redesigning the simple solar lamp (just for chuckles), but their dedicated IC already works pretty damn good... a few minor tweaks like more solar panel area, and higher capacity battery is probably as good as ever needed (probably about $0.10 to $0.20 adder in production volume). A different value inductor is a wash to the BOM.
Somebody could sell a premium version for almost no BOM cost increase.
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97' in the shade... I decided to switch my heat pump over to "dry" mode to see if it still makes my house too cold...
So far rather comfortable and I think I see the humidity dropping, so maybe that's the trick, only use "Dry mode" when outside is in the high 90s.. and MS normal humidity.
JR