PWM or DC-DC on my IPV Mini

[Flt Simulation]

folkphys .... Why not get a multimeter and set the probes on each coil post and then fire it once you have it set up as in your photo.

Let us know what voltage shows on the multimeter.

The photo you posted is a little blurry, but it looks like the display is reading 2.3V

The spec sheet for the ipv Mini says it can only go as low as 3.0v, but I would like to know what your multimeter actually says under the condition shown in your photo.

 

[crxess]

folkphys .... Why not get a multimeter and set the probes on each coil post and then fire it once you have it set up as in your photo.

Let us know what voltage shows on the multimeter.

The photo you posted is a little blurry, but it looks like the display is reading 2.3V

The spec sheet for the ipv Mini says it can only go as low as 3.0v, but I would like to know what your multimeter actually says under the condition shown in your photo.

Will not work:
First the unit needs to be in PWM mode
Then you will need a Scope, not a meter, in order to read

 

[Flt Simulation]

crxess ....

folkphys said ... "barely puffing at this setting. As would be expected".

But he never said which mode he was in at the time.

 

[nelsonm64]

my ipv mini doesn't "buck" the voltage in DC-DC mode, it's does in PWM though. it's my opinion and I could very well be wrong! but I think in DC-DC mode it just dumps whatever voltage the battery is at, be it 3.6 or 4.2 or whatever.

 

[crxess]

my ipv mini doesn't "buck" the voltage in DC-DC mode, it's does in PWM though. it's my opinion and I could very well be wrong! but I think in DC-DC mode it just dumps whatever voltage the battery is at, be it 3.6 or 4.2 or whatever.

That is the way the design of the Board works. It will Boost in DC-DC. You can watch the Battery meter do crash dives at 30 watts while firing.
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