[sdiy] most efficient way to get 5V from 12V?

[Tony Rolando]

Danjel, as the design is for commercial sale, a happy medium would be 
jumpers to select between outboard or onboard +5V. If this were a design 
for personal use, I'd definitely recommend dedicated outboard +5V.

As for Doepfer placing +5V on the power connector, but not the standard 
power supply: it is well within the Doepfer design principle. Pay for 
only what you need. If you want +5V, Dieter offers a couple different 
ways to get +5V into the system. Also, keep in mind that until recently, 
there where few modules in the euro rack system that required +5V.

Tony

Suit & Tie Guy wrote:
> On Oct 26, 2009, at 3:49 PM, Danjel van Tijn wrote:
>> It is unfortunate that Euro power supplies (e.g. Doepfer) do not have
>> a dedicated 5V line as this would make life easier and result in less
>> power consumption by the module.
>
> the fact the 5V line is on the power connector, but not in the power 
> supply, is offensive.
>
> also Danjel, make sure you have reverse current protection in case 
> someone makes the very easy mistake of plugging it in backwards. which 
> is, i might add, a very hard mistake in other formats.
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