V G wrote:
> Hey all, instead of using a wire wound resistor for testing battery
> drain, I'm thinking of using a heat sink bound MOSFET and control the
> drain-source current with the gate. I'm looking to get around a 0.5 -
> 2 ohm resistance between drain and source. Is this possible?

Sure it's possible, but will require active control and feedback else you'l=
l
have no idea what is actually going on.  The easiest is probably a low side
current sense resistor with a opamp driving the gate to keep the voltage
accross the resistor at the desired level.


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