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Burning sound from the PSU

I am trying to make a bench power supply from an old 350W PC PSU that provides 4 lines 3.3V 8A 5V 9A 12V 11A -12V 1.5A Here is the connections diagram: I used this step down module to be able the ...
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24V to 5V step down voltage regulator with LM2678 [closed]

Reference: https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm2678.pdf I have constructed the circuit above attempting to step down the DC voltage from 24V to 5V. But I keep getting 8.3V as the output voltage. It is ...
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Buck / step down voltage in limited space

I am designing a small PCB. The supply voltage is 12V, but I also need 5V with supply of maximum 250mA. The most obvious solution is to use voltage regulator - there are plenty of them and some like ...
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Limiting input voltage for buck converter

I want to power some micro controllers and a couple of leds on my electric bike, counting up towards 5 Amps. Power supply is a 36V battery, with a range of about 42V to 33V. This voltage is to be ...
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Correct power supply for my project

I am making an autonomous bot where i need to power a few sensors (IR, PIR, sonic,etc) and an arduino. In total the sensors draw about 300 mA current(max). My power supply is a LIPO of 12 V (11.1 V),...
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Input voltage for feedback pin on LM2596 Voltage regulator

I am using LM2596 for a dc supply where I could alter the output voltage. Datasheet here. I have setup according to page 9 "Adjustable Output Voltage Versions". Everything worked fine. The output ...
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Ideal ripple current on a DC to DC step down switching regulator

I was studing a linear's datasheet, a step down DC to DC switching regulator. More specific: the LTC3615. I am a little bit confused with ripple curent which involved to inductor value calculation. ...
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