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Subject: Re: Power Supply Connections

From: "mate_stubb" <mate_stubb@...>
Date: 2006-03-15

What about modcan and wiard - do they get any power supply connector love?

Moe

--- In ComputerVoltageSources@yahoogroups.com, "Larry T." <larry@...>
wrote:
>
> I would like to suggest that, if at all possible, we include both the
> Blacet/MOTM 4 pin +/-15v power connector. and the Synthesizers.com
> +5/+/-15v 6 pin connector. The board could allow for the optional +15
> to +5 regulators when using the 4 pin connector. Some of us already
> have +5 in our systems, and generally, no matter how much ANYTHING you
> come up with will use (short of a room heater), the +5v supply is
> never anywhere near being used to it's rated output. I note that some
> of the newer MOTM boards also use a seperate +5v supply.
>
> I bring this up in part because of the LED/LCD/VFD discussions, and
> partly because the MPU in consideration has requirements for +5v, and
> I really don't want to add more +15 to +5 regulators to my already
> stressed out +15v supply, when I have 4-6A of un-touched +5 just
> sitting around asking to be used.
>
> Larry T.
>