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Understanding Buck Converters and Solar Panels

I have a solar panel rated at 5V 80mA and want to increase the output current significantly higher to around 500mA and decrease the voltage to either 3V or minimum of 2.7V, how can I go about this? I ...
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How does this current limiter work? - and why doesn't it?

I have a generic Ebay DC-DC buck converter, and the current limiting circuit is not working. I find that such devices often suffer from this issue, so I figured I'd reverse-engineer it in hopes of ...
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What is a valley current in a regulator?

Can someone explain what is a valley current in a regulator?
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