Re: [altusmetrum] Current limiting with separate pyro battery

2018-08-20 Thread Gary Lech
Thanks guys. I Cheers, Gary -Original Message- From: Bdale Garbee To: Gary Lech ; altusmetrum Sent: Mon, Aug 20, 2018 12:30 pm Subject: Re: [altusmetrum] Current limiting with separate pyro battery Gary Lech writes: To add to what Keith said on the subject already... Even if

Re: [altusmetrum] Current limiting with separate pyro battery

2018-08-20 Thread Bdale Garbee
Gary Lech writes: To add to what Keith said on the subject already... Even if you put a dead short on the igniter terminals of one of our boards (not recommended, but it happens), there's always some series resistance in the wiring itself, circuit boards, screw terminals, the FET channel "on"

Re: [altusmetrum] Current limiting with separate pyro battery

2018-08-20 Thread Keith Packard
Gary Lech writes: > It's another question from a newbie TeleMega user. I've read thru all > the documentation, nice job on the manual BTW, but I'm wondering what > the current rating is on the FET output switch. An unrestricted > Lithium battery can pack quite a punch. Should I be adding a

[altusmetrum] Current limiting with separate pyro battery

2018-08-20 Thread Gary Lech
It's another question from a newbie TeleMega user. I've read thru all the documentation, nice job on the manual BTW, but I'm wondering what the current rating is on the FET output switch. An unrestricted Lithium battery can pack quite a punch. Should I be adding a current limiting resistor to