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From: john larkin <jl@650pot.com>
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Subject: Re: quad 1/2 bridge
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:13:21 -0700
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On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:32:21 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

>john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:
>> 
>> https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/texas-instruments/DRV8962DDWR/18724317
>> 
>> Four half-bridge switchers for about $5. Current and thermal limiting.
>> I was about to dremel and test my own half-bridge driver, but won't
>> now. I guess I'll have to shuffle up the abstraction stack.
>> 
>> There must be something cool that these could be used for. A
>> 16-channel power supply?
>> 
>> 
>
>In that package, they’re probably intended for driving LED strings in
>displays, where board space is not a problem. 
>
>Cheers 
>
>Phil Hobbs 

It's a lot smaller than the four 1/2 bridges I was considering. Each
had an SO8 driver chip, two dpak fets, and a bunch of discretes.

I was about to Dremel this:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8g85gtxx4ic0vj91rircr/X100A.jpg?rlkey=9a2f2jcv91b68utemrnekonq9&raw=1

That chip will need cooling somehow. I'll run the eval board and see
how hot it gets.