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| A standard voltage regulator Type 7805 is inexpensive and easily available, but its maximum current of 1 A can at times prove a handicap....

| The LM3915 from National Semicanductor contains virtually everything for making a simple, yet reliable, audio power meter with a bar-type...

| Most power supplies, particularly switchmode types, are not designed to provide output voltages smaller than a volt or two. lt is often d...

| In most variable power supplies, the correlation between the setting of the wiper of the relevant potentiometer and the output voltage is...

| It happens frequently that a circuit powered by a single supply voltage is extended and then needs a second supply voltage of opposite...

| This circuit enables the input voltage of a power supply to be adjusted in accordance with the required output voltage to eliminates undue p...

| For testing power supplies and transformers, an appropriate, preferably adjustable, load is indispensable. Often, a number of interlinked...

| 050 SIMPLE VARIABLE POWER SUPPLY This low-cost power supply has an output voltage range of 1.5-15 V at a maximum current of 500 mA. Regulati...

| 58 T E S T & MEASURING EQUIPMENT Thurlby PL310 QMD Thurlby are a well-established Cam- bridgeshire based equipment manufac- turer. Their inn...

| ,a„ay POWER SUPPLIES: AN OVERVIEW The UK power supply business is ex- panding in line with market needs. The total power supply market in...