All items tagged with Power Supplies and Power (241)

1-01-2005 | Little-known but still highly interestingThe topology of the Cuk converter was first published in the 1980s, but it is rarely encountered in...

1-01-2005 | PC power supplies can often be bought cheaply at places such as computer fairs. But it isn’t that easy to check if such a (second hand) powe...

1-01-2005 | Designing a power supply for one of your circuits can beplain sailing but also turn out to be a surprisingly complex job.Switch-mode power s...

1-12-2004 | More and more equipment is sold that runs off internal rechargeable batteries. Although a matching charger is usually supplied in the packag...

1-10-2004 | As already mentioned in the previous parts of this article, this final amp needs more than just a heavy-duty symmetrical power supply. In th...

1-07-2004 | Inexpensive miniature transformers normally provide one or two secondary voltages, which is sufficient for generating a set of positive and...

1-05-2004 | Small switch-mode power supplies are often available at a low price from jumble sales, electronics surplus outlets and high street electroni...

1-03-2003 | This compact stabilised power supply was specifically designed to obtain the best performance from the recently described subwoofer that for...

1-12-2002 | Portable radios, CD-players and cassette recorders that can also be operated from mains power often do not have a mains power switch, but in...

1-03-2002 | Some designs, because of lack of space or for some other reason, do not use a power supply transformer. Instead, an ‘AC voltage dropper’ in...