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Jan 3, 2014 at 4:39 history tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackElectronix/status/418964702786777088
Jan 2, 2014 at 23:34 comment added zeqL With 5.18VDC +/- 0.155VDC you're asking a 3% tolerance on your main power supply (I assume), that's quite low. So, if the final system won't have the long wire, you should try to have the best similar setup, or if you can't, you can make some calculation on the voltage drop to explain that the test will pass in real condition (but for a 3% precision that's gross).
Jan 2, 2014 at 22:32 vote accept zacharoni16
Jan 2, 2014 at 22:18 comment added miceuz you already have drawn your wires as resistors - that's how they act - as resistors. Make sure you use thicker wire and good low resistance connections to lower the wire resistance.
Jan 2, 2014 at 22:11 answer added Peter Bennett timeline score: 7
Jan 2, 2014 at 21:56 history asked zacharoni16 CC BY-SA 3.0