considering that I didn't manage to do that - big frontal pic of populated pcb ... why don't you post pics of both your pbs , so I can see is there anything wrong ?
in next few days I'll include both eagle pcb screenshot and few photos of real deal
thank you - hopefully this is not too large
edit - found a slightly better one
I will try and get more head on pictures with better lighting tonight
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Yes, you can ask friends on BBS to comment on it for you
Your word is good with me!
Russellc
thank you - hopefully this is not too large
edit - found a slightly better one
I will try and get more head on pictures with better lighting tonight
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everything looking good , even if I can't see some important things - did you forgot two wire bridges , made of tiny isolated wire ?
go back to first post , and walk through entire list again .....
is opto oriented as needed , that famous zener of SIT gate oriented against silkscreen ....... do you have adequate number of diodes ( those not shown on schematic and you have place for them are for Babelfish M25 , not for Sissy) etc.......
in any case - if you have doubt in anything , just ask
Well, that was at least part of the problem - hopefully leaving those diodes in didn't damage anything 
this was a very stupid oversight!
Both sides again with the exact same behaviour.
Current in 0R1 starts at 170mA and slowly climbs , offset at around 700mV - I can adjust this down but the current climbs as I do this. If I tweak P1 - I can increase the current flow but at minimum setting the current slowly climbs to 200mA at which time I shut it down.
I looked at all resistor values again and made sure the little opto looked in the correct orientation.
I will take a break and then look with fresh eyes - it has to be something staring me in the face.
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this was a very stupid oversight! Both sides again with the exact same behaviour.
Current in 0R1 starts at 170mA and slowly climbs , offset at around 700mV - I can adjust this down but the current climbs as I do this. If I tweak P1 - I can increase the current flow but at minimum setting the current slowly climbs to 200mA at which time I shut it down.
I looked at all resistor values again and made sure the little opto looked in the correct orientation.
I will take a break and then look with fresh eyes - it has to be something staring me in the face.
..dB
Well, that was at least part of the problem - hopefully leaving those diodes in didn't damage anything
Both sides again with the exact same behaviour.
Current in 0R1 starts at 170mA and slowly climbs , offset at around 700mV - I can adjust this down but the current climbs as I do this. If I tweak P1 - I can increase the current flow but at minimum setting the current slowly climbs to 200mA at which time I shut it down.
I looked at all resistor values again and made sure the little opto looked in the correct orientation.
I will take a break and then look with fresh eyes - it has to be something staring me in the face.
..dB
Congratulations, I feel that you are very happy
Well, that was at least part of the problem - hopefully leaving those diodes in didn't damage anything
Both sides again with the exact same behaviour.
Current in 0R1 starts at 170mA and slowly climbs , offset at around 700mV - I can adjust this down but the current climbs as I do this. If I tweak P1 - I can increase the current flow but at minimum setting the current slowly climbs to 200mA at which time I shut it down.
I looked at all resistor values again and made sure the little opto looked in the correct orientation.
I will take a break and then look with fresh eyes - it has to be something staring me in the face.
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why don't you wait and leave current to go up?
that 3m3 cap is charging pretty slowly
if everything is as intended to be , offset will go down and you could set everything in prescribed current range ...... everything from 1A5 to 2A
when setting , just observe offset , it is of secondary importance (meaning second thing to set) , while Iq is of premium one
is it possible to have damaged the HALL chips? is there a way to check them to see if they are working?
I will try letting it ramp up tonight and see what happens. It is just very odd that it doesn't work as designed, so I know I have something that is not working as ZM designed it to.
My THF51S are not absolutely matched to the 9240 mosfet - fets are 4.12 at 1.8A while tokin SIT is 3.7 at 1.8A , I hadn't anticipated this to be a problem.
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I will try letting it ramp up tonight and see what happens. It is just very odd that it doesn't work as designed, so I know I have something that is not working as ZM designed it to.
My THF51S are not absolutely matched to the 9240 mosfet - fets are 4.12 at 1.8A while tokin SIT is 3.7 at 1.8A , I hadn't anticipated this to be a problem.
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