Help With Circuit Design

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Francois_Swart

Joined Jun 4, 2009
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I have this circuit that i need to design, but i dont know how!

The paramaters are as follows:

11-15V DC 500mA adjustable output PSU with 110V or 220V selectable input voltage.

The unit wil be used to charge a 7,2 Ah sealed lead acid battery, it has to have an additional output that indicates that the psu is functioning i.e. blocking diode. Further the unit has to have a pic microcontroler monitoring the battery voltage if the main AC voltage has failed. If the Battery voltage drops below a certain point for longer than sixty seconds the pic must switch the state of an input and start a 5min timing cycle. At the end of the timing cycle the battery must be disconnected from the circuit (I thought of breaking the currunt flow through a self-latching relay). Also when the main AC voltage is restored the battery must be reconnected to the circuit in order to be recharged.

Any ideas or suggestions wil be appreciated.

Thanx!
 

steinar96

Joined Apr 18, 2009
239
Francois. Your circuit is very fishy. I reccommend you look for a working schematic and attempt to build a circuit from that schematic. You seem to need at least a working circuit you can modify afterwards to suit your needs.
 

Wendy

Joined Mar 24, 2008
23,429
JP1 is good for a flash, a puff of smoke, and a blown fuse, possibly an electrical fire.. The other coil has a permanent dead short across it, continueing below JP1. I suspect you were after symmitry, but it missed.

VR1 also has a problem. You have a variable voltage, but zero regulation. Why even bother with a 15V regulator before it. I suspect you were trying to show the 15V regulator as variable.

The PDF drawing is sideways, which makes it very hard to read. I had to rotate it 270° to see it.
 
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