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These things are everywhere. Sometimes called the unfortunate name of wall warts, but better called a DC Power Brick, or AC/DC adapter.
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==Calculators==
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File:Switcher calculators.PNG|TI's LM63460
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Some manufacturers will have calculators in addition to the app notes that you can use.
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These are often based on excel/spreadsheet software. Reference: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/buck-loop-stability-tuning/msg5453216/?topicseen#msg5453216 As with any spreadsheet per B. Pease (For reference, see his columns https://archive.org/details/Bob_Pease_Lab_Notes), you can only trust it if, and only if, it doesn't have any mistakes in the formulas it's built with...
  
 
==Tips/Techniques==
 
==Tips/Techniques==
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===Stock 5V and 12V===
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These are the most common voltages. Always try to standardize on the most common barrel plug (which is I think 2.5mm, and 5.5mm or thereabouts).
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===Diodes Gone Wild===
 
===Diodes Gone Wild===
 
He has a number of videos that diagnose broken switching power supplies and is reasonably knowledgeable about them.
 
He has a number of videos that diagnose broken switching power supplies and is reasonably knowledgeable about them.
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https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/need-help-to-identify-a-blown-chip-in-skynet-for-z12c-switching-power-supply/msg5445107/
 
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/need-help-to-identify-a-blown-chip-in-skynet-for-z12c-switching-power-supply/msg5445107/
 
It's always easy to spot the capacitor and diode.
 
It's always easy to spot the capacitor and diode.
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Latest revision as of 21:29, 19 April 2024

These things are everywhere. Sometimes called the unfortunate name of wall warts, but better called a DC Power Brick, or AC/DC adapter.

Calculators

Some manufacturers will have calculators in addition to the app notes that you can use. These are often based on excel/spreadsheet software. Reference: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/buck-loop-stability-tuning/msg5453216/?topicseen#msg5453216 As with any spreadsheet per B. Pease (For reference, see his columns https://archive.org/details/Bob_Pease_Lab_Notes), you can only trust it if, and only if, it doesn't have any mistakes in the formulas it's built with...

Tips/Techniques

Stock 5V and 12V

These are the most common voltages. Always try to standardize on the most common barrel plug (which is I think 2.5mm, and 5.5mm or thereabouts).

Diodes Gone Wild

He has a number of videos that diagnose broken switching power supplies and is reasonably knowledgeable about them.

Example of 5V 8-pin DIP Regulator

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/need-help-to-identify-a-blown-chip-in-skynet-for-z12c-switching-power-supply/msg5445107/ It's always easy to spot the capacitor and diode.