[chbot] PCB Power Supply.

[Daniel Powell]

I've a ton of LM2596 DC buck converters that I'll throw one on if needed. Was hoping to keep the install clean though. Given it's cheap enough I think I'll throw it in place and watch the smoke rise.

Cheers,
Daniel.

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From: Chchrobotics <chchrobotics-bounces at lists.ourshack.com> On Behalf Of Volker Kuhlmann
Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2024 8:24 pm
To: Christchurch Robotics <chchrobotics at lists.ourshack.com>
Subject: Re: [chbot] PCB Power Supply.

On Wed 06 Nov 2024 12:50:00 NZDT +1300, Daniel Powell wrote:

> As above I don't think CAN is much of an issue. Just don't know if I'm
> going to release smoke using car voltage rather than a regulated 12v.

Why don't you just put the 12V car supply through a 12V linear regulator first before feeding it into the board? Worst case you loose about 1V and don't get a regulated 12V to the board, but that's probably irrelevant. They do tend to need a couple of caps though, 7812 do.

Volker

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