Portable bench supply carries around 10 amp-hours of juice

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[Punish3r] wanted to have power for prototyping on the go. What he came up with is this little thing above. Inside you'll find common components that let the unit provide 10 amp hours of current with a 12V 500mA output. The storage capacity is provided by a dozen Lithium batteries. These 3.7V cheapies are wired in parallel behind a protection board. For charging and discharging, a … [Read more...]

ATX psu turned into an adjustable voltage bench supply

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Here's a fancy way to convert an ATX powers supply into a bench supply. [TG] didn't just cut off the motherboard connector and add banana plugs, but improved the functionality. Right off the bat you'll notice that he's added a control panel. There is an Ammeter and Ohmmeter to let you know what the unit is putting out. He added an MIC29152WT adjustable voltage regulator so that he's not limited … [Read more...]

Bench power supply adapter

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Every electronics workbench could benefit from having a bench power supply. Converting a PC power supply works, but often, it involves splicing wires and limits the supply to only bench use, and building one from scratch is definitely an undertaking. To counter this, [silic0re] and his father came up with a detachable adapter that simply plugs into the existing connectors. The adapter provides … [Read more...]