Post 2 made on Sunday June 21, 2009 at 16:54 |
Gizmologist09 Advanced Member |
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A small addition to any DC powered circuit where polarity is an issue is to install a full wave bridge using the AC inputs as designed and the DC outs will always be the correct polarity even if using reversed DC polarity INPUTS.
I put these in every custom device I build that uses external wall wart style power supplies. That way you can use AC or DC output generic supplies of either polarity. Add a voltage regulator IC and 2 caps and you can use any voltage supply- AC or DC- as long as the input voltage is at least 2 volts higher than the output voltage needed.
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