5v Simple Power Supply for Digital Circuits
5V Simple Power Supply for Digital Circuits
Summary of circuit features • Brief description of operation: Gives out well regulated +5V output, output current capability of 100 mA • Circuit protection: Built-in overheating protection shuts down output when regulator IC gets too hot • Circuit complexity: Very simple and easy to build • Circuit performance: Very stable +5V output voltage, reliable operation • Availability of components: Easy to get, uses only very common basic components • Design testing: Based on datasheet example circuit, I have used this circuit succesfully as part of many electronics projects • Applications: Part of electronics devices, small laboratory power supply • Power supply voltage: Unreglated DC 8-18V power supply • Power supply current: Needed output current + 5 mA • Component costs: Few dollars for the electronics components + the input transformer cost
Circuit description
This circuit is a small +5V power supply, which is useful when experimenting with digital electronics, and easy to build. Small inexpensive wall tranformers with variable output voltage are available from any electronics shop and supermarket. Those transformers are easily available, but usually their voltage regulation is very poor, which makes then not very usable for digital circuit experimenter unless a better regulation can be achieved in some way. The following circuit is the answer to the problem.
This circuit can give +5V output at about 150 mA current, but it can be increased to 1 A when good cooling is added to 7805 regulator chip. The circuit has over overload and therminal protection.
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Circuit diagram of the power supply.
The capacitors must have enough high voltage rating to safely handle the input voltage feed to circuit. The circuit is very easy to build for example into a piece of veroboard.
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Pinout of the 7805 regulator IC. • 1. Unregulated voltage in • 2. Ground • 3.
Summary of circuit features • Brief description of operation: Gives out well regulated +5V output, output current capability of 100 mA • Circuit protection: Built-in overheating protection shuts down output when regulator IC gets too hot • Circuit complexity: Very simple and easy to build • Circuit performance: Very stable +5V output voltage, reliable operation • Availability of components: Easy to get, uses only very common basic components • Design testing: Based on datasheet example circuit, I have used this circuit succesfully as part of many electronics projects • Applications: Part of electronics devices, small laboratory power supply • Power supply voltage: Unreglated DC 8-18V power supply • Power supply current: Needed output current + 5 mA • Component costs: Few dollars for the electronics components + the input transformer cost
Circuit description
This circuit is a small +5V power supply, which is useful when experimenting with digital electronics, and easy to build. Small inexpensive wall tranformers with variable output voltage are available from any electronics shop and supermarket. Those transformers are easily available, but usually their voltage regulation is very poor, which makes then not very usable for digital circuit experimenter unless a better regulation can be achieved in some way. The following circuit is the answer to the problem.
This circuit can give +5V output at about 150 mA current, but it can be increased to 1 A when good cooling is added to 7805 regulator chip. The circuit has over overload and therminal protection.
[pic]
Circuit diagram of the power supply.
The capacitors must have enough high voltage rating to safely handle the input voltage feed to circuit. The circuit is very easy to build for example into a piece of veroboard.
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Pinout of the 7805 regulator IC. • 1. Unregulated voltage in • 2. Ground • 3.