2020-10-29, 05:37 PM
(2020-10-29, 07:48 AM)Sailabout Wrote: I am also interested in the type of diode.
Standard diodes (silicon) give a voltage drop of about 0.7 V (a little less for the germanium ones). Any possibility for diodes with less voltage drop, e.g. based on MOSFET like in battery isolators?
I was thinking about a 1N5822 Schottky diode, less drop than you were thinking with around 0.4V drop at 2A and around 0.3V at 1A. With the programable power supply I have specified, I think i would tweak it up slightly to allow for this drop, around 5.2V perhaps.