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EEVblog #225 - Lab Power Supply Design Part 4 - PWM Control

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Uploaded by on Dec 2, 2011

The 4th installment in the lab power supply design series. This time Dave shows you how to control the supply with a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) signal, and chose the correct filter values.

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  • Playing along at home. Using a TL072 and a N-MOSFET, I made up a linear regulator in place of the LT3080. Then I did a little bit of math. Since the whole system is a series circuit, the regulator is a resistor to drop the voltage. Also since it's a series circuit, the current is the same everywhere. I set the supply for 1v, and used a 1 ohm load. Using a 30v supply, I needed to drop 29v at 1A. So I was wasting 29W of heat to supply 1W to the load..! That's about 3.5% efficient..!

  • @Microman171 Yes, that's how all linear PSU work.

  • do you have any photos or schematics of this on your websites

  • @quicknuclearscience Not yet, coming soon...

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  • Wow, even though you are updating these so often, it is so hard to wait for the next one. I am learning a ton from you. Thanks.

  • :) 30:55

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  • Dave, I have seen many of your tutorials/reviews . They have been really good. This PWM stuff however, blew my mind away! This was seriously impressive :O

    I am going to build this PWM set up and test it out. Any recommendations on the op amp?

  • Love it!! you are awesome!!

  • nice set of videos! what would you recommend using to power your power supply? ;)

  • Finally had a chance to catch up on the power supply vids! Keep up the good work, love learning from them!

  • Shouldn't the resolution be Vref / ((2^n)-1)?

  • Can't wait for the rest! :D

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