Alan B. Pearce wrote:
> Has anyone here driven peltier devices from a switching regulator? How
> much ripple would you expect to allow? Essentially I am looking to
> minimise the size of output capacitor on the regulator, so if >200mV
> ripple on 1.5V supply is permitted, that would be great.

A Peltier device doesn't inherently care about ripple, but it does get less
efficient as the AC component increases.


******************************************************************
Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, (978) 742-9014.  #1 PIC
consultant in 2004 program year.  http://www.embedinc.com/products
-- 
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist