Gigabyte AB350-GAMING + Second M.2 SSD – Is it worth it?
I need a bit more fast storage space. I’m going to try adding an NVMe SSD via a PCIe adapter card. Prodded by the Western Digital WB_BLACK SN770 2TB being on sale for $85. I decided to give it a try. See if it would even work and if it did what kind of transfer speed could I get on this old motherboard. And I’m pretty happy with the results.
The DCL1, electronic load, gets the fans, heat sinks, bus bars and display board mounted. Making the brackets and standoffs that will hold the components in place.
I’m putting the Zhenyu 5-color fully insulated banana plug kit to use. Digging in a bit on the quality of the plugs. Noting some of the strong points and some of the shortcomings.
This Amazon item: https://a.co/d/5EjsQsz
With the MAX17691A test board working well. It’s time to test wind some transformers for the voltages and currents needed. Can I even get enough copper wire in a tiny pot core? The challenge to find a stable way to gap the core. It’s all in a tiny adventure ahead.
Part 15 of the DCL1 electronic load project.
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I’m finally giving the IXTX240N075L2 MOSFET a test-drive. Trying out a new drive circuit for the MOSFET. And can the heat sinks I have even get close to handling 300 Watts. Testing with an old heat sink out of a Mac Pro G5 dual processor. As well as a new Noctua NH-U12S Redux heat sink. Also trying to beef up a 1 ounce copper PC board to handle 30 amps.
Related Video: https://odysee.com/@mlplel:1/programmable-dc-load-part1:0
Test soldering some PIC16F15354 in the 28 pin, 0.4mm pitch, Quad Flat No-Lead (QFN) package. While these QFN-28 packages were quite a bit harder than the QFN-20 ICs. Success was achieved in the end.