On my hunt for some 24-Pin ATX Molex plugs for my PCB designs, I stumbled upon a supplier with a nice range of colors. Very tempted to finish off my projects with these…
Category Archives: Power Supply
Cheap,quick and simple Step-Up / Step-Down Regulator
Pololu.com just introduced a tiny new Step-Up / Step-Down voltage regulator. Features Output voltage 2.5 – 8 V Input voltage 2.7 – 11.8 V Output current 500 mA to 1000mA 3 x 11 × 17 mm This will work very well in low-powered devices where you want to every bit of power a battery can offer. It is also … Read More →
RC Night Time Racing (RC Car + LEDs + ATTiny)
Introduction I recently bought a Turnigy Trooper SCT 4×4 1/10 Brushless Short Course Truck from HobbyKing.com and decided I wanted to do a bit of night time racing. For this projects I wanted some led’s and to round it off I wanted to use a Micro-Controller add extra lighting effects. For this project I picked the Atmel ATTiny84 micro-controller and … Read More →
Quick 5V Power Supply for Micro-controllers and other devices
Introduction To run some of my micro-controller projects I needed a constant supply of 5v. The LM78 series of linear regulators are very useful and comes in a good range of regulated voltages(5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 24). Bill of Materials LM7805 – 5V Linear Voltage Regulator – Digi-Key – Datasheet 0.33uF Capacitor … Read More →
