XY-MOS Power Mosfet Module

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shanham67

Joined Oct 12, 2021
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Hello all and thanks in advance...

I am trying to use a Raspberry PI to control a 12V signal using a XY-MOS Power Mosfet module (xy-mos, qty5 for $10 @ Amazon). I am using the pigpio library and I that I am sending a good PWM signal to the xy-mos. I cannot seem to affect the output voltage of the module. I get 12V no matter what I do. I have screenshots of a scope of the outputs from the Rpi and the XY-MOS. The 'recommended' connection is shown on the left in the first image below. My connection is on the right. I have attached two screen shots of my scope. In the first scope image the pwm is set at 180 out 255 (71% duty cycle). In the second scope image the pwm is set to 16/255 (6% duty cycle). Notice in both cases the the channel 1 signal is a 'noisy' 12v. (BTW, I just got this oscilloscope, my first, and don't really know what I am doing). There is an led on the xy-mos module that varies with intensity when I change the duty cycle so I believe that it is 'seeing' my pwm signal. When I set the duty cycle to 0% the led goes off. I received 5 of these modules and I have tried two of them with the same result. Do I have to attach a 'load' to the output for it to work? What am I doing wrong?


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ElectricSpidey

Joined Dec 2, 2017
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You are not doing anything wrong.

PWM does not change the voltage, only the duty cycle which affects the "average" voltage seen by the load.

Your signals look pretty good.
 
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bertus

Joined Apr 5, 2008
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Hello,

Do you have a load when measuring with the scope?
I can be that no change will happen when no load is used.

What is the output voltage of the Rpi ?
The mosfets will start conducting at about 2.9 Volts.
See the attached datasheet for more info.

Bertus
 

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shanham67

Joined Oct 12, 2021
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Hello,

Do you have a load when measuring with the scope?
I can be that no change will happen when no load is used.

What is the output voltage of the Rpi ?
The mosfets will start conducting at about 2.9 Volts.
See the attached datasheet for more info.

Bertus
There was no load present when I took the pictures of the scope. I did try it with a 3K resistor between OUT+ and OUT- on the xy-mos and it didn't change anything. The resistor that I am trying may not be 'enough' load. In an effort not to burn up the resistor I sized the resistor based on the assumed power rating (1/8W). I will try to find a 'power resistor' so I can put a bit more load on it.

The magenta line on the scope is the 3.3V output of the Rpi. The scope is showing pretty close to 3.3V I think.

I am trying build a device to control the resistance on my step-mill (exercise machine). Ultimately I would like for the xy-mos to modulate the field current to the alternator that provides resistance in order to control the step-rate of the machine. I am using the raspberry pi to calculate the rpm of the alternator by measuring the frequency of the ac signal that is provided by the 'W' (tachometer) output of the alternator. I have the rpm reading part of this project working. I just realized that I can go ahead and hook up the output of the xy-mos to the alternator field. That is the 'actual' load I will be working with. I will try that next.
 
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