General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
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#106 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
Mine came thank you.
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#107 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
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#108 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
Mine came too, thanks again for all the work you have put in to these, too…..
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#109 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
Success! 5V @200mA
My board's a little understuffed compared to Andrew's (steady David!) as I used a fixed 5V reg
It's roughly the positive half of this one, made up with parts I had in stock
Being an awkward so and so who wanted to use the board in his own way I traced the circuit out so I could see which component went where from Andrew's schematic. I've only traced the +ve out below as the earth plane would get complicated to show. Might be useful to others? (BTW I think the marking of the polarity of the two bypass caps C6 and C15 might be the wrong way round on the PCB. Not an issue for me.)
Good stuff Andrew, I like it .
My board's a little understuffed compared to Andrew's (steady David!) as I used a fixed 5V reg
It's roughly the positive half of this one, made up with parts I had in stock
Being an awkward so and so who wanted to use the board in his own way I traced the circuit out so I could see which component went where from Andrew's schematic. I've only traced the +ve out below as the earth plane would get complicated to show. Might be useful to others? (BTW I think the marking of the polarity of the two bypass caps C6 and C15 might be the wrong way round on the PCB. Not an issue for me.)
Good stuff Andrew, I like it .
#110 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
Great!simon wrote:Success! 5V @200mA
Gosh Simon, well spotted, here's the ground plane highlighted.
(BTW I think the marking of the polarity of the two bypass caps C6 and C15 might be the wrong way round on the PCB. Not an issue for me.)
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#111 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
PLEASE BE AWARE.
The symbols, well spotted Simon, are the wrong way up on the two by pass cap locations, the negative pins are the lower ones and the positive the upper ones, assuming you're reading the screen print writing the correct way up.
I'll add this to stacks.
Thanks Simon, I have made the correction to my design and so if we make up anymore they'll be the correct orientation on the labels.
Andrew
The symbols, well spotted Simon, are the wrong way up on the two by pass cap locations, the negative pins are the lower ones and the positive the upper ones, assuming you're reading the screen print writing the correct way up.
I'll add this to stacks.
Thanks Simon, I have made the correction to my design and so if we make up anymore they'll be the correct orientation on the labels.
Andrew
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#112 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
I'll upload my traced circuit sketch to the stacks too, for reference. Amazing what one (er, me) forgets over time...
#113 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
[quote="simon"]Success! 5V @200mA
Impressive use of clip leads there Simon!
Also glad to see you didn't waste any unnecessary effort removing that resistor from its tape….
Very useful to know about those bypass caps mis markings, I have 'sharpee'd' my boards accordingly, well done!
Impressive use of clip leads there Simon!
Also glad to see you didn't waste any unnecessary effort removing that resistor from its tape….
Very useful to know about those bypass caps mis markings, I have 'sharpee'd' my boards accordingly, well done!
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#114 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
Waste not want not Thomas, I'm from Yorkshire after all
#115 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
All,
Just to make sure, I have sent a PM to those of you who have not replied to Simon on the thread (as I have now way of knowing if you have had chance to read the thread) and therefore have seen the erratum.
thanks,
Andrew
Just to make sure, I have sent a PM to those of you who have not replied to Simon on the thread (as I have now way of knowing if you have had chance to read the thread) and therefore have seen the erratum.
thanks,
Andrew
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#116 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
Yes thank you Andrew I hadn't read the thread.
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#117 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
Thanks Andrew.
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#118 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
I'm trying to get my head round the LED in the fused AC input and the purpose of Rled. The current draw is set by the load and could potentially be an amp or more, or just a few mA. So the LED needs to be able to withstand an appropriate current. Is it as simple as this or am I missing something? And what then is the purpose of Rled?
Presumably I could just use the polyfuse and link out Rled and the LED?
Presumably I could just use the polyfuse and link out Rled and the LED?
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#119 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
Is the LED meant to light up only if fuse has blown?
Value for R1 will be Voltage between AC1 & AC2 / current for LED1, 10mA?
Value for R1 will be Voltage between AC1 & AC2 / current for LED1, 10mA?
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#120 Re: General 3 Legged Reg PCB (Possible Group Buy?)
Doh! I've looked at the PCB again and the LED and Rled are in parallel with the polyfuse, not in series. Silly boy! That makes more sense. So I guess I want to limit the current through the LED to somewhere between 1 and 10mA with a suitable resistor. So in my case with a 6 secondary and, say, a 2V drop across the LED, use a resistor = 4 / 0.005 = 800. Sound about right?