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powerelectronics · 31 March 2014

AC to DC Converter

AC to DC Converter

While I was at it I wanted to make a small 5V power source to power my small projects and assignments. First I came up with this simple design.

AC DC Converter

But it could be better. So I salvaged a bigger transformer and came up with a multiple DC voltage power source. It does so by tapping the transformer at different points and passing the signal through a common rectifier bridge circuit. By switch on bottom right switch an additional Linear Regulator circuit is connected in series. Using the adjacent knob any fine tuning can be done

AC DC Converter

Specifications

- Switches to 8 fixed DC voltages between 5V and 32V with fine tuning.
- Always on LED voltage indicator
- All metal fixtures are earthed.
- Power on indicator

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