Not that this has ever stopped me from doing stuff before.
My MakerBot kit was my first foray into robotics. Or electronics, for that matter. Frankly, if I can do it you can too. Even so, talk about blowing out a MOFSET1 is enough to make me very cautious about how I upgrade my bot’s electronics. All I know about this MOFSET thing is that it is bad if it burns out – and it can burn out with enough (or not enough???) power.
In any case, I need to make sure I pick up a whatchamacallit Relay Board Kit when I grab a heated build platform kit.
- Whatever that is! [↩]
A MOSFET is basically a big transistor [1][2]. When they blow up, whatever it is connected to won;t move anymore. The most common reason to blow it up is to short it out or put too much current through it. [3]
1 A transistor is an electric switch. it turns your motor or heater or whatever on and off.
2 And yes, someone reads all the foot notes.
3 Often the same thing
@engunneer: Dude! Thank you! I guess I’ll keep inserting those footnotes…