Calorified Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) I am trying to drive a proportional solenoid valve: PVQ-33-5G-23-01N ( which responds to currents between 100mAand 165mA. I am using a circuit similar to the one in the attachment below except that I am using the myRIO's DAC in place of the AD5446, the LM324(http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm124-n.pdf) in place of the OP1177 and the MOSFET(http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=VN3205N3-Gvirtualkey68900000virtualkey689-VN3205N3-G)[/url] So the challenge I am having is how to configure the circuit in labview. I am trying to use the default FPGA person ality of myRIO. I am supposed to generate a 1.2V Vref signal into the pin 3 of the LM324. By varying the word that is sent to the LM324, I am supposed to effectively vary the current on the Drain terminal of the mosfet. I have wired the Vref terminal to Connector C/AO0 on the myRIO and I have the VI below but I have no experience sending bits and bytes. I would love to drive the solenoid with about 10 -15 steps of current. Any help would be appreciated. Edited January 8, 2015 by Calorified Quote Link to comment
Calorified Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) I have fixed this. Here is my updated circuit design and the DAC control diagram Edited January 17, 2015 by Calorified Quote Link to comment
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