I have a question, if I were to wire two (NPN and PNP) like you, does the load that i'm needing to drive only get pulled from the PNP? as my PNP can handle more source current then my NPN can for the load I'm trying to control.
I remember transistors and mosfets by how they are controlled. P=positive/voltage and N=negative/ground control. But your way works too. my question is why not use a PNP For the first transistor?
Dang it I should have realized this was not going to work for me, I can't sweep 0-5v with 3.3 the lowest I was able to to go was like 2.3v with a 1.5v analog voltage from MC I'm pulling my hair out now this is so stupid they make 3.3 and 5v versions I have all these dam components and no luck whatsoever
@@yoshimaker-iot Might as well, I don't see why it would make anymore sense to use a digital pin? I'm trying to ultimately fade a 12v led with pnp or npn transistor somthing that should be so simple. yet the new arduino nano esp32 only does 3.3 instead of 5v on its I.O which is do dumb! but that's just half of it, I'm trying to be able to fade the led allowing the Arduino to control 0-12v for fading effects, Understand the 12v is a separate power supply
@@tyrian869 Typically you'd fade an LED with a PWM and adjust the duty cycle, not the voltage. So use a PWM to switch the higher 12V and then set the duty cycle at say 50% to get 50% brightness.
@@yoshimaker-iot Oh maybe that's a misunderstanding on my behalf. So analog output can't be anything in between 0 and 3.3v which is ultimately saturating the Field on the mosfet? I am not opposed of using pwm but I still don't understand why I'd use one over the other
I ended up ordering a brushed motor controller which should also work as an LED driver that I can use in conjunction with a logic level shifter in case this driver which is advertised 3.3 to 5 volt logic doesn't support 3.3 volt logic because that's a misunderstanding in and of itself
Can we still control the voltage range like 0-5v on the output with 3.3v?
I have a question, if I were to wire two (NPN and PNP) like you, does the load that i'm needing to drive only get pulled from the PNP? as my PNP can handle more source current then my NPN can for the load I'm trying to control.
I remember transistors and mosfets by how they are controlled. P=positive/voltage and N=negative/ground control. But your way works too. my question is why not use a PNP For the first transistor?
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Dang it I should have realized this was not going to work for me, I can't sweep 0-5v with 3.3 the lowest I was able to to go was like 2.3v with a 1.5v analog voltage from MC I'm pulling my hair out now this is so stupid they make 3.3 and 5v versions I have all these dam components and no luck whatsoever
So you're trying to convert an analog 0-3.3 to an analog 0-5?
@@yoshimaker-iot Might as well, I don't see why it would make anymore sense to use a digital pin? I'm trying to ultimately fade a 12v led with pnp or npn transistor somthing that should be so simple. yet the new arduino nano esp32 only does 3.3 instead of 5v on its I.O which is do dumb! but that's just half of it, I'm trying to be able to fade the led allowing the Arduino to control 0-12v for fading effects, Understand the 12v is a separate power supply
@@tyrian869 Typically you'd fade an LED with a PWM and adjust the duty cycle, not the voltage. So use a PWM to switch the higher 12V and then set the duty cycle at say 50% to get 50% brightness.
@@yoshimaker-iot Oh maybe that's a misunderstanding on my behalf. So analog output can't be anything in between 0 and 3.3v which is ultimately saturating the Field on the mosfet? I am not opposed of using pwm but I still don't understand why I'd use one over the other
I ended up ordering a brushed motor controller which should also work as an LED driver that I can use in conjunction with a logic level shifter in case this driver which is advertised 3.3 to 5 volt logic doesn't support 3.3 volt logic because that's a misunderstanding in and of itself