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 Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 09:08 PM |
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Joined: Aug 27, 2007
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Location: Budapest, Hungary
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Hi!
I would like to measure the ripple voltage on a DC-DC step down converter output.
The DC-DC step-down converter is using TPS5410 integrated switch IC from Texas Instruments, which has a switching frequency of 500 kHz. On the output I use 100uH/2A inductor and 100uF/50V low ESR capacitor for output filter. According my estimate calculation, and the TI SwitcherPRO simulation the ripple voltage should be less than 10mV or less.
The problem is: my PicoScope 2205 USB oscilloscope has a 8 bit vertical resolution, and for measuring the 5V output voltage on my DC-DC converter, the oscilloscope uses +/-10V measurement range.
This means, that the LSB of the ADC is 20V/256 = 79mV
And so measuring 10mV noise is impossible, since all I see is this 79mV noise, which comes from the LSB noise of the ADC.
Can somebody suggest a solution for this?
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Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 09:34 PM |
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Joined: Nov 02, 2009
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Location: Zelenograd, Russia
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| Switch your 'scope input to AC coupling (if it doesn't support this, add a 0.1 uF capacitor in series with the input). Then use any scale you wish - e.g. 10 mV/div. |
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Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 07:28 AM |
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Location: Budapest, Hungary
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MBedder wrote:
Switch your 'scope input to AC coupling (if it doesn't support this, add a 0.1 uF capacitor in series with the input). Then use any scale you wish - e.g. 10 mV/div.
Thank you very much. So simple, and elegant solution.
(Btw. I should really learn, how to use a scope properly  ) |
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