Archive for the tag 'psu'

Anode power supply for VFD display ( 5v to 80v stepper PSU )

For my next project (another VFD clock ;), I need a small variable PSU. The main issue with the VFD display, is the power supply. In fact you need 2 differents PSU:

a 5v / 100mA for the filament
a variable 20 to 75v for anodes..

VFD tube like the IV18 need something like 20/30 volts in direct [...]

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admin December 26th, 2006

Simple negative power supply (-5V / -12V / -15V)

Sometimes you need a simple negative power supply. The best example is the contrast PSU for common small LCD device. Building -5V from a battery or a wallmart supply isn’t really easy. I decided to build a small device that is able to provide -5V, -12V, -15V. I used the MAX 764/765/766 serie. Simply change [...]

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admin June 10th, 2006