Digital Power Supply – Part 2: Prototype

Introduction

After learning about the problems I with the ADC and DAC of the XMega I gave up building this power supply until recently when I decided to see for myself how bad things are. I’ve used the header board, a 2.56V reference some potentiometers and a lot of patience.

 

DAC

On the DAC side things are quite ok. [...]

Digital Power Supply – Part 1: Concept

Update

I’ve found some information regarding poor performance of the ADC and DAC of the XMEGA micros (see some info here, here, here and here). So far there are some workarounds and new devices might have fixed some problems, but I will not take this micro into account until i have clear info that it works. Another [...]

Linear LED power supplies

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Introduction:

As of recent years, the offer on power LEDs has broadened and this technology seems to have a bright future in our lives replacing the incandescent light bulb. I have decided to write this article about the ways to powering LEDs because many people have asked me what type of circuit they could use.