Remote sensing design

LowQCab

Joined Nov 6, 2012
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Send ~30% to ~100% higher Voltage than required,
then knock it down with a Linear-Regulator on the same Board where the Load is located.
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MisterBill2

Joined Jan 23, 2018
27,507
Remote sensing with a regulated power supply can certainly lead to exciting instability and a number of other problems as well. That has been my experience. First, the remote sense input has a high sensitivity to noise, and adding noise filtering will usually add a phase shift tending to cause instability and even oscillation. So any remote sense connection must be shielded wire with the shield terminated at the supply end.
There is also a second problem, which is that the voltage drop in the "long cable" will cause the supply voltage to be momentarily much greater when there is a greater load current, and that may trigger an over-voltage shutdown condition. That problem is one I solved, in cooperation with the power supply manufacturer, by getting a power supply with the over-voltage protection set for a higher output voltage range.

BUT if your unstated application does not involve large load changes nor require good transient response of the regulator, then shielding and filtering could be adequate.
 
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