Until now we had discussed about different voltage regulator IC's including 7805,723 etc but what's to be noted was that these were all fixed voltage regulators.So now we shall see how design a simple variable voltage regulator using an LM317 IC.
Do you feel that the batteries we use now are bulky?? Here comes the solution for the problem of bulkiness.
In most of our electronic products or projects we need a power supply for converting mains AC voltage to a regulated DC voltage. For making a power supply designing of each and every component is essential. Here I'm going to discuss the designing of regulated 5V Power Supply. Let's start with very basic things the choosing of components Component List : Step down transformer Voltage regulator Capacitors Diodes Let's get into detail of rating of the devices : Voltage regulator : As we require a 5V we need LM7805 Voltage Regulator...
One on the major part of our electronics products is the DC Power Supply that converts mains AC voltage to a lower DC voltage. Usually we use a step down transformer to reduce mains AC voltage to desired low voltage AC and then convert it to DC or we use Switched Mode Power Supplies. But in both cases cost is very high and it takes considerable amount of space. Another Low Cost alternative for Transformer and Switcher based power supply...
