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Rasmus SA5RJS on Nostr: ⚡ MINIPA70 Test Thread! 🧵 The board is populated and does not put out smoke when ...

⚡ MINIPA70 Test Thread! 🧵

The board is populated and does not put out smoke when powered up. So what's next?

As I see it, the power amplifier has three main parameters that I need to find an optimal value for:

* Power supply voltage
* Gate bias voltage
* Input power level

For each point in this three-dimensional space, I get the following resulting values:

* Output power
* Harmonics power levels
* Intermodulation distortion
* Current consumption
* Temperature

I have some reasonable starting points for the three parameters I need to tweak. A blog post by F5NPV has been invaluable for me, and in it he suggests good values for all the parameters.

https://f5npv.wordpress.com/irf530-mosfet-amplifier/

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