This is the long delayed followup to the earlier post about power resistors as dummy loads and the nonlinearities found. After some further experimentation an 8 ohm load was built from four Riedon PF2270 series 2 ohm 200W thin film resistors (to give an 8 ohm load) and a surplus heatsink with fans. With 200W […]
As part of some ongoing work earlier this year I needed to test the performance of a high performance 200W/channel class D amp (more on the amp in some future post). To get accurate SNR and THD+N measurements a low pass filter is needed in front of the measurement system as the high frequency switching […]
In the past only relative low power loads have been needed for the evaluation of monolithic class D amp chips as they are typically 25 watts and under. Now working with some 200W (8 ohms) – 400W (4 ohms) amps and beefier load resistors are needed. The following little parts are now on the bench:
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