Homebrew PCBs

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 03:28:47 +0200, Robert Hedan  
<robert.hedan@...> wrote:

> "What's the inductor L1 for? -ST"
> As it turns out, absolutely nothing in a linear power supply.  I must  
> have
> looked at a schematic that had components from both a linear and SMPS  
> power
> supply design.
> I like this explanation of linear versus SMPS power supplies; very clear  
> for
> newbs like me:
> http://www.answers.com/topic/switched-mode-power-supply
> Robert
>


I see ;-)
I personally would convert a PC PSU to the higher voltage, but i dunno if  
you are yet up to that task, linear is definitely easier.


Steve is right tho, this would fit much better in e_101.

ST