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RE: [motm] OT power supply question...seeking a recommendation

2002-09-27 by Tony Karavidas

Here's another one that meets the requirements:

http://www.jameco.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/Jameco/searchResult.d
2w/report?sort=BKW&search=154624

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Larry Hendry [mailto:jlarryh@...] 
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 6:55 AM
> To: Ben Vehorn; MOTM List
> Subject: Re: [motm] OT power supply question...seeking a 
> recommendation
> 
> 
> Ben, the power supply you need will be significantly more 
> complicated than the one that could connect with a barrel 
> connector.  The power supply you seek will be a 4 wire 
> connector.  You are probably not going to find a cheap 
> computer style switching supply because most of those have 
> +/- 12 volts and
> +5.
> 
> If you want a quality linear supply to do the job, and have 
> some left over room for loadability (maybe to power a few 
> MOTM modules), This is the smallest one I found to do the job:
> 
> Mouser catalog: page 652, triple output, International Power 
> 597-TAA-16W $57.75
> 
> Marlin Jones www.mpja.com has the same supply listed as part 
> number IHTAA16W for $51.97
> 
> You may find one of lower loadability that does not have 5 
> volts.  But, this is the smallest one I found with 5 volts. 
> Its loadabilty is 2A @ 5V,  400ma @ -15 and 400 ma @ +15.  
> One catalog quotes 12 volt.  But, this type of supply has an 
> adjustable output that can be set for 12 or 15 volts.
> 
> You could always power the +/-15 volts from you MOTM supply 
> and hack in a cheap switching supply for the +5 volts.  But, 
> given your self-described electronics experience, perhaps 
> that might not be a good plan.
> 
> Larry Hendry
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ben Vehorn <mathlete23@...>
> To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 2:26 AM
> Subject: [motm] OT power supply question...seeking a recommendation
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Sorry for the OT post, but I figured there are a lot of 
> people that peruse electronics supply catalogs here... I 
> recently purchased a video synthesizer, an A2V audio-to-video 
> convertor 
> (http://www.audiovisualizers.com/library/store> /a2v/a2v.htm). 
> It is fully assembled except it needs an 
> enclosure, needs jacks wired up and a power supply. Can 
> anyone recommend a good power supply for this application? I 
> prefer a wall-wart with a barrel connector and a matching 
> inlet I can put on the back of the enclosure, then wire the 
> inlet to the board. According to the manual, the specs I need are:
> 
> +5V 200mA max
> +15V 100mA max
> -15V 100mA max
> 
> Does anyone have any recommendations? I was doing a search 
> for this earlier but turned up a ton of info and a lot of it 
> was Greek to me, so to speak. I know how to solder but am 
> otherwise an electronics idiot; yes, I buy all my MOTM 
> modules assembled... Thanks in advance.
> 
> ---Ben Vehorn
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