Scaling voltage with secondary power supply

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treyjazz

Joined Nov 13, 2018
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I have a budget CNC router that operates on 12V with the motor control embedded into the Arduino shield - not a daughter driver board. I am trying to figure out the best method scale the voltage by a factor of 2 - essentially a variable voltage regulator with a 12v analog control. Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
 

wayneh

Joined Sep 9, 2010
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I have a budget CNC router that operates on 12V with the motor control embedded into the Arduino shield - not a daughter driver board. I am trying to figure out the best method scale the voltage by a factor of 2 - essentially a variable voltage regulator with a 12v analog control. Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
I don’t understand what you mean. Are you saying you need to amplify the Arduino shield output to drive the router? Describe the output (is it PWM?) and what the router requires.
 

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treyjazz

Joined Nov 13, 2018
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Yes, the motor output is using PWM at a max voltage of 12v. It just occurred to me to make a circuit with a transistor wired to the Arduino pin controlling the motor rather than trying to amplify the output from the shield. From researching a bit more it seems the IRF520 is a good choice.
 

wayneh

Joined Sep 9, 2010
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That IS an amplifier. A MOSFET is a good choice but you want one that is “logic level”. That means it will turn on fully at the output voltage level of your Arduino.
 
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