benmwv
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The mosfet disconnects the circuit if the battery is inserted the wrong way.
Unfortunately switch current is not equal to output current. The switch current is the input current. The lm3410 has an average of 2.8 max switch, a lot of times it is higher but it can be lower too. With 2.8A max input, 3.7v supply, and assuming 80% efficiency we have 2.8 * 3.7 = 10.36W input, and 10.36 * 0.8 = 8.29W max output. An m140 has a Vf of 4.5v, so our theoretical max into an m140 is 8.29 / 4.5 = 1.84A. The max current changes with heat though. Cold the efficiency can be a lot better than 80%, and a lot worse hot. Heat increases resistances, which drops more voltage, and makes more heat. Also heat increases your set resistors making the regulated current go down.
So that's why the mini design was so focused on being effectively heatsinked, and why it ended up being so much more capable than the original. I feel like they should all do 1.6A with good heatsinking.
Unfortunately switch current is not equal to output current. The switch current is the input current. The lm3410 has an average of 2.8 max switch, a lot of times it is higher but it can be lower too. With 2.8A max input, 3.7v supply, and assuming 80% efficiency we have 2.8 * 3.7 = 10.36W input, and 10.36 * 0.8 = 8.29W max output. An m140 has a Vf of 4.5v, so our theoretical max into an m140 is 8.29 / 4.5 = 1.84A. The max current changes with heat though. Cold the efficiency can be a lot better than 80%, and a lot worse hot. Heat increases resistances, which drops more voltage, and makes more heat. Also heat increases your set resistors making the regulated current go down.
So that's why the mini design was so focused on being effectively heatsinked, and why it ended up being so much more capable than the original. I feel like they should all do 1.6A with good heatsinking.