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PhlatLight®DK-114N Series Development Kit Manual
5. Rot at e al l of t he current cont roll ing POTs (l ocat ed at “ P1” ,
“ P2” and “ P3” on t he cont rol board and at “ P1” on t he driv-
er board) count er-clockwise unt il t hey st op. The imbedded
arrow should point t owards t he “ 10” on t he POT. The POT
is now set at t he minimum current set t ing.
6. The evaluat ion kit is now ready t o be powered on. Turn on
t he power supply. The supply will draw a small amount of
power.
7. To t urn on any channel, open t he enable pin by removing
t he j umper. Bot h t he f an on t he heat sink and t he LED will
power on.
Operat ing Instructions
Ther e are mult ipl e different ways t he Phlat Light DK-114N De-
velopment Kit can be operat ed. The LEDs can be driven in con-
t inuous, current cont rolled mode via on board POTs or t hrough
an ext ernal analog volt age. Addit ionally, each channel has in-
put s f or an ext ernal f unct ion generat or signal t o pulse t he LEDs
and is capable of pul sing at frequencies of great er t han 40kHz.
1. To change t he current when eit her t he int erface board or
driver board is enabled, rot at e t he on board POT. Each
POT wil l onl y f unct ion when enabled on t he int erf ace
board. Clockwise rot at ion increases t he current , while
count er-clockwise rot at ion will decrease t he current .
2. To change t he current when t he ext ernal adj ust is enabled,
at t ach a 0-5V signal t o t he ADJ t est point s. These are la-
beled “ T3” , “ T4” , “ T7” , “ T8” , “ T11” and “ T12” . Each t est
point is also labeled wit h eit her “ GND” or “ ADJ” . When
hooking up t he 0-5V signal, ensure t hat t he ground cable is
at t ached t o t he “ GND” t est point and t he posit ive cabl e is
at t ached t o t he “ ADJ” t est point .
The current t o t he LED wil l adj ust wit h t he volt age signal.
A higher volt age corresponds wit h a higher current .
It is recommended not t o exceed a 5V signal , as compo-
nent s may overheat .
3. To measure t he current going t o t he LED, use a volt met er
and measure t he volt age across t he sense resist or on t he
driver board. For ease of probing, t wo t est st uds have been
placed t o t he lef t and right of “ R15” . Figure 17 shows t he
location of the test studs on the driver board. Figure 18
shows a conversion plot bet ween t he sense resist or volt age
and t he current going t o t he LED. The current can also be
cal culat ed by t he f ol low ing f or mul a:
Equation 1
where VSense is t he volt age measured across t he sense re-
sist or in Volt s (V) and RSense is t he value of t he sense resis-
t or in Ohms. The sense resist or val ue is 0. 005Ω. The
out put value wil l t he be current going t o t he LED in amps
(A).
Figure 17: Sense resistor location on driver board
Figure 18: LED Current vs. Vsense voltage
4. To modulat e t he LEDs t hrough PWM, connect a f unct ion
generat or t o t he t est point s label ed “ PWM” and “ GND” .
These t est point s are also labeled “ T1” , “ T2” , “ T5” , “ T6” ,
“ T9” and “ T10” . The pul se out put should be set t o 0-5V,
where 5V represent s of f and 0V represent s on.
Proper operat ion is best monit ored by using a phot o det ec-
t or t o observe t he l ight out put f rom t he LED.
Figures 16 - 18 show plot s of t ypical waveforms. The device
under t est was a blue CBT-54 run at 14A and 50%dut y cycle at
30kHz. Act ual wavef orms will depend on t he specif ic driver
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VSense
RSense
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=
Sense Resisto
Test Studs
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
10 30 50 70 90
VSense (mV)
LED Current (A)