[sdiy] Signals leaking into the PSU?

grant musictechnologiesgroup.com grant at musictechnologiesgroup.com
Sun Feb 19 20:21:00 CET 2023


Just wondering if anyone spares a thought for inrush current? X modules 
times 100uF to 470uF per rail per module makes for a pretty exciting 
power-up. Or is everyone using a beast of a power supply?

GB

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From: "dh at atoav.com" <dh at atoav.com>
To: "synth-diy at synth-diy.org" <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
Sent: 2/19/2023 9:43:55 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Signals leaking into the PSU?

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>Just looking at your LFO schematic the first thing I'd try would be to
>add electrolytic caps (100uF to 470uF) to the power input of the module.
>100nF is a very small bucket of electricity for a module to draw from.
>If that bucket is empty the module pulls the rails down and every other
>module sees that dip of the rails. So just adding another pair of bigger
>buckets might do the trick.
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