All items tagged with Power Supplies and Power (241)

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| This month we close off the discussions of the individual boards that make up the preamplifier, both in terms of theory of operation and con...

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| It should have display of voltage and current. It's often I would need PSU like this but I haven't found any chematics with voltage up to 40...

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| Anyone who develops circuits using microcontrollers knows that plug-in ‘wall wart’ power packs do not always make suitable power supplies. O...

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| Occasionally you come across some unusual situations when setting up measurement systems. The author once had to set up a system to register...

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| For the Unilab power supply module, we have developed a special meter circuit in the Elektor Labs with a four-line display that shows the ou...

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| If you want to check the behaviour of an electronic circuit at low voltages, an adjustable power supply as shown here may be helpful. Powere...

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| Why couldn’t you just connect two standard switch-mode power supplies in series to create a symmetrical power supply for a power amplifier?...

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| Practically every electronic circuit needs one: a power supply. The most common source of energy for all our circuits is the AC power outlet...

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| How can you find out how stable a lab or benchtop supply is? You can get a good impression of the stability of a power supply under various...

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| A good way to minimise energy losses in a charger is to use a switching regulator, and if we use a regulator with a step-up topology then we...