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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Power Supply Refactoring - closing the hood

After many hours of work I finally can say it's done. Even though I don't consider it the perfect work, I can definitively consider it a major improvement in respect to the previous version of the PSU:

Before:


Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Power Supply Refactoring - part 5

Prior to assembling the definitive power supply circuit board (i.e. the main electronics featuring the LM723) I took the time to set it up on a breadboard. Before that I finished the board containing only the large components such as the filter capacitors and the high wattage resistors (current shunt used by the regulator chip to sense the current across the power rail, and a bleed resistor for the output capacitor):


Sunday, April 7, 2013

Power Supply Refactoring - part 4

Another weekend have passed, and along with it a few more results as I slowly but steadily walk towards completion of the project. The digital voltmeter/ammeter displays have still not arrived from China. This is the last piece of hardware missing. Adding time to the equation and all the elements necessary to complete the project are available.

Friday, April 5, 2013

Power Supply Refactoring - part 3

Bit by bit the work is advancing. I have finally defined the schematic diagram from the entire power supply circuit. It includes also the PIC based fan control.



Monday, April 1, 2013

Power Supply Refactoring - part 2

The parts from Mouser have arrived (was pretty quick..wouldn't the shipment have been taken care of by FedEx):