The described regulator module was given to me by a colleague, who purchased several pieces to regulate the speed of the windscreen wiper motors in his car. The module is packaged in an anti-static foil bag;
It gives the impression of being solidly built, the housing made of aluminium profiles with steel end caps also acts as a heat sink (although not really, but more on that later).
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As it were, "included" we get a potentiometer for adjustment together with a knob, in the photo below I have unscrewed the cap to take a look at the interior.
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As I mentioned, the enclosure is intended to act as a heatsink and is mechanically adapted for this, however, the thermopad between the power components and the enclosure wall was missing;
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I rather don't anticipate long operation at higher currents.... The regulator board measures 47x40mm and was made as a double-sided board.
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Basically, the whole regulator consists of a dozen or so components and its main component is.... NE555 precisely! I took a moment and redrew the circuit layout from the board;
2SK3599 transistors were used as executive keys although the choice of gate resistors is questionable to me....
The MBR20100 duodiode is used as the pin suppressor diode;
The role of the auxiliary voltage stabiliser for the NE555 is played by an LM317 with somewhat unusually selected resistors fixing the output voltage;
The PWM 'carrier' frequency is ~20kHz which should not produce audible effects when working with inductive loads, the fill is adjustable from about 2.5% to 98%. Below are some photos showing the minimum, average and maximum settings;
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In truth, if I were to buy this regulator I would prefer to build it myself
Errata; .
Gate resistors are not 10k but 300Ω. Sorry for the mistake.