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Jacques St-Pierre
Hi,
I am designing a product using a Vactrol (led controlled resistor) to
simulate a RTD. The led intensity will be control by the buffered output of
a D/A chip. It is working, but to be useful, we have to operate the led in
the worst region of it's curve, resulting in very coarse response. Since I
do not have enough resolution on this D/A to correct that from software I am
searching for a method to render the Vactrol response a bit more linear. Any
one can suggest a simple way to create a amplifier using a simple opamp or
transistor to reproduce the reverse curve of the led and correct the Vactrol
response. I tough that maybe using a led in the feedback path of an opamp
may result in a non linear amplifier response and that can be use to drive
the Vactrol. Any suggestions?
Bye
Jacques
I am designing a product using a Vactrol (led controlled resistor) to
simulate a RTD. The led intensity will be control by the buffered output of
a D/A chip. It is working, but to be useful, we have to operate the led in
the worst region of it's curve, resulting in very coarse response. Since I
do not have enough resolution on this D/A to correct that from software I am
searching for a method to render the Vactrol response a bit more linear. Any
one can suggest a simple way to create a amplifier using a simple opamp or
transistor to reproduce the reverse curve of the led and correct the Vactrol
response. I tough that maybe using a led in the feedback path of an opamp
may result in a non linear amplifier response and that can be use to drive
the Vactrol. Any suggestions?
Bye
Jacques