Voltage regulator in Trucks
Voltage regulator in Trucks
(OP)
Hello,
I'm an experienced designer in car body electronics. However, now, I've to design a body controller for a truck. My doubt is that I don't know which voltage regulator to use. I expect arround 150mA of current consumption which would give around 3watts of power dissipated in a linear voltage regulator at 24volts. In addition, I'm pretty sure that there's an even higher voltage battery specified for trucks.
In addition I need voltage regulator with low quiescent current.
Has anyone got experience using DC/DC converters in automotive? Any EMC issues?
Regards
Antonio
I'm an experienced designer in car body electronics. However, now, I've to design a body controller for a truck. My doubt is that I don't know which voltage regulator to use. I expect arround 150mA of current consumption which would give around 3watts of power dissipated in a linear voltage regulator at 24volts. In addition, I'm pretty sure that there's an even higher voltage battery specified for trucks.
In addition I need voltage regulator with low quiescent current.
Has anyone got experience using DC/DC converters in automotive? Any EMC issues?
Regards
Antonio





RE: Voltage regulator in Trucks
Unless your talking European , most American trucks are 12 or 24 Volts. The batterys are just in series, or series/parallel to acheve the quantity of current needed to turn over the engine. Average running system voltage is 14 / 28 volts.
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RE: Voltage regulator in Trucks
Thanks anyway!
Regards
Antonio