Hi
I'm currently working as an electrician, doing installation on new fishing boats etc. On the bridge we're using LED lamp from schneider electric which can be very bright when driving in the dark. So I thought I'd try to make a led dimmer for din-rail mounting, dimming the controll-lamps.
I've surfed the web for schematics and composed my own, so I thought I'd come here for input. I'm fairly new to electronics and I'm not "quite there" understanding how much capacitance I need for the caps. I've tested the pwm circuit on a breadboard and it seems to work fine. But I'd like some input anyway.
I'm not quite sure what transistors I will use, so if anyone got an input on that point I'd like that.
Edit: After further testing of the dimming circuit it dosent seems to work correctly when using the leds in series with the transistorsw (J3 terminal connector). Leds are powered from a different voltage source at 24 volts. The voltage across the led is about 11volt at 0% duty cycle.
Edit: Alright I figured out that issue; I forgot to remove a suppression-diode from the 12v rail down to the collector of Q1, since I tested a fan on the circuit.