Hello All,
I am venturing into electronic exploration for fun and to learn a few things along the way. I figure the that if I build as much of my own test equipment as feasible, this would be a huge step in the right direction.
My interests are in RF/HF band (Yes, I am a HAM), Audio (Built my own SE tube amp), and general mayhem where applicable (as long as no one gets hurt)
My thoughts of late are centered around BENCH POWER SUPPLIES and how to make a real darn good one. To ease my cranial traffic jam after looking high and low at many projects on the net, I wish to pursue a design that has a PCB already designed and proven.
The project can be a bare bones PCB that one populates themselves or a kit that offers bells and whistles.
With as many geeks as there are on this board (I have an inner Star Trek child wishing to get out) I was hoping for some real good recommendations for bench power supply PCB/kit suggestions?
Another thought was flea-bay, in that buying an old HP bench supply for parts and recycling some of those parts into a newer design with IC's and LCD display? Really do not know if this is the right path to head down, but taking things apart is real fun, IMHO.
Thanks for reading and when I get this project going I will give an update as needed for my benefit mostly and maybe help someone else possibly?
I am venturing into electronic exploration for fun and to learn a few things along the way. I figure the that if I build as much of my own test equipment as feasible, this would be a huge step in the right direction.
My interests are in RF/HF band (Yes, I am a HAM), Audio (Built my own SE tube amp), and general mayhem where applicable (as long as no one gets hurt)
My thoughts of late are centered around BENCH POWER SUPPLIES and how to make a real darn good one. To ease my cranial traffic jam after looking high and low at many projects on the net, I wish to pursue a design that has a PCB already designed and proven.
The project can be a bare bones PCB that one populates themselves or a kit that offers bells and whistles.
With as many geeks as there are on this board (I have an inner Star Trek child wishing to get out) I was hoping for some real good recommendations for bench power supply PCB/kit suggestions?
Another thought was flea-bay, in that buying an old HP bench supply for parts and recycling some of those parts into a newer design with IC's and LCD display? Really do not know if this is the right path to head down, but taking things apart is real fun, IMHO.
Thanks for reading and when I get this project going I will give an update as needed for my benefit mostly and maybe help someone else possibly?