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 Slot Tech Feature Article
Boost or Buck?
Power Distribution and Voltage Regulation in the Modern World
E
lectronic systems
need power. That’s
why we have power
supplies! It is not unusual
for a system to require a
half-dozen different
voltages or more and, from
a manufacturing point-of-
view, this presents a bit of a
problem. Starting with the
power supply itself, the
unit must produce multiple
outputs. It would not be
unusual to see a single
power supply with outputs
of +24 VDC, +12 VDC, +5
VDC and +3.3 VDC. There
might be negative voltage
outputs as well. Minus 12
VDC or -5 VDC outputs
aren’t uncommon. We even
have linear voltage
regulators that are
dedicated to the task-the
7912 and 7905 have
outputs of -12 vdc and -5
vdc respectively.
In order to produce and
distribute these outputs to
the circuits that require
them, we need to use
multiple output
transformers with
individual secondary
windings for each voltage,
we need to rectify and filter
each output separately and
we need to distribute these
outputs (often with multiple
wires for each one) through
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a wire loom with multiple,
high-current connectors
throughout. Whew! That’s
an expensive proposition.
Copper’s not cheap. Labor’s
not cheap (building a wire
loom and attaching
connectors is a labor-
intensive proposition).
Threading the wire loom
throughout the system and
routing it in such a way
that it will not become
damaged by, for example,
opening and closing the
door of the slot machine or
removing and replacing
sub-assemblies, is also an
“issue.” More than one
wiring harness has been
replaced due to chaffing of
insulation or even a
meltdown of a wire that,
due to some fault, has had
way too much current run
through it.
Enter DC-to-DC conversion
Introducing the “Boost” regulator
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to the rescue. The concept
is a simple one but only
recently made possible by
modern electronics. In a
nutshell, we use one DC
power supply of a single
output voltage, run that
one output everywhere in
the system and, if we
require a different voltage,
we derive it from that one
output. We can lower the
voltage or we can raise the
voltage and we can do it at
efficiencies that approach
100%! Efficiency is a
measurement of the power
of the output (in Watts)
compared to the amount of
power required as the input
to produce it. The
difference in power goes
out as waste heat,
something we’d rather not
have, thank-you-very-little.
A 95% efficiency is easily
obtained with today’s
electronics, made possible
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by a host of new voltage
regulation devices, known
collectively as “boost
regulators” and “buck
regulators.”
Boost regulators are used
to raise the output voltage
over the input voltage (an
example would be the +5
VDC power supply that’s
available at a USB port.
This +5 VDC can easily be
increased to +12 VDC
through the use of a simple
boost circuit).
Buck regulators (the REAL
focus of this article) do just
the opposite, lowering the
voltage and, as such,
assuming a more tradition
role in the scheme of
voltage regulation such as
the older style of linear
voltage regulators
mentioned previously. The
linear voltage regulator can
only lower the output
voltage over the input,
converting the excess
voltage into waste heat.
These devices are generally
mounted to heatsinks for
just that reason. Although
reliable, linear regulators
are highly inefficient,
converting energy losses
into heat.
With all of this in mind,
here is a quick look at two,
similar circuits that are
used in slot machine power
supplies, presented by two
of our industry’s “smarty-
pants” technicians,
Herschel Peeler and Glenn
Allen. These names are
familiar to anyone that has
spent any time at all on the
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“Slot Tech Forum,” which
can be accessed through
“slottechforum.com.”
How it Works
Boost regulators use the
energy stored in the
magnetic field of an
inductor (a coil) to create an
additional source whose
output is then connected in
series to source you’re
trying to boost. It’s like
putting batteries in series
in a flashlight. The sources
add together to create a
single source of a higher
voltage.
The buck regulator really is
simple, especially if you
know something about how
modern, switched-mode
power supplies operate
through a scheme known
as “Pulse-Width
Modulation” or “PWM.” We
have been using PWM for
decades now. The concept,
first developed for use in
satellites where high
efficiency is critical and
waste heat is anathema,
allows the power supply to
produce exactly the correct circuit in the circuitry that
output voltage(s) without
having to resort to the use
of wasteful, linear voltage
regulation. It
does this by
controlling
the “duty
cycle” (the
ratio between
the “on” and
“off” times) of
the switching
transistor(s)
that drive the
primary Introducing the “Buck” regulator
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winding of the power
transformer. A longer duty
cycle allows a larger
magnetic field to build up
in the transformer,
resulting in a higher output
voltage while shorter duty
cycles produce lower
voltages due to a smaller
magnetic field.
The buck regulator works
in much the same way
(although no transformer is
used). The output voltage is
lower than the input
voltage, controlled by the
duty cycle of the circuit. For
example, a +12 VDC input
is converted into a +5 VDC
output by running the duty
cycle at 41.666%. The pulse
train is converted into pure
DC by the addition of a
capacitor (or two) on the
output.
DANGER DANGER!
These regulators are not
isolated at all! Without a
transformer to provide
isolation between the
primary and secondary
windings, any sort of short-
couples the input to the
output can have truly
devastating results,
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creating mass destruction From Herschel Peeler so pay attention.
of the regulator itself and/
or the load it is powering. LNK30x Switching Editor’s Note: Referring to
In worst-case scenarios Regulator the datasheet, you’ll notice
(such as when the buck that this device is referred
regulator is used in a LNK302, LNK304, to as an “Off-Line
mobile phone charger) this LNK305, LNK306 Switcher.” This (obviously)
lack of isolation can cause a has nothing to do with our
shock hazard if there is Used often by SETEC in common expression of
such a failure and a person their power supplies for being “off-line” as meaning
uses the phone while it is WMS, Aristocrat and that we’re not connected
plugged in to the charger. others, this is a slightly (via computer) to a network
There have been some different brother from other or to the Internet. The
anecdotal reports of people switching regulators. It “line” in this case, refers to
being shocked (in one comes in an 8-pin package, the AC power line (called
Chinese report, killed) by usually with one pin not the “mains” in most of the
defective chargers. used. Pinout differs rest of the world). An “off-
depending on the package line” device is one that is
Editor’s Note:
Unknowledgeable news
reporters often speak of the
low-voltage output of these
power supplies as being
unable to produce such
shocks. I fear that they do
not understand the
relationship between the
AC power line (AKA the
“mains” in most of the
world) and Earth ground
which, as WE know, can
severely shock or even
electrocute a person (see
Slot Tech Magazine’s May
2014 issue for further
information).

Editor’s Note: The

files referenced in
this article are
available on the
Slot Tech Server at
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connected directly to the
AC power, without the
isolation that is provided by
a transformer.
An internal 66 KHz
oscillator runs it all. A 1
mH choke, three capacitors
(standard values. 100 nF,
10 µF at 35 V and 100 µF at
16 V) and two diodes
(UF4005 and 1N4005 )
make up the circuit we see
often in these power
supplies. The circuit is right
out of the data sheet.
Two resistors set the output
voltage. A handy Excel file
and schematic associated
with this text gives you an
idea of what the output
voltage should be. The
voltage at the Feedback pin
should be 1.65 Volts and
we should see that across
R3. This sets the current
we should find through R1
and R3. With the 2.05 K
Ohm, 1% resistor as shown
we get 0.8 mA. Selecting
the value of R1sets the
output voltage. 13 K Ohms
with 0.8 mA through it
adds 10.4 Volts to this 1.6
and gives us an output
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voltage of 12 Volts. Values
have been rounded off for
simplicity. You can get
more precise if you want
but the concept is the
same.
This chip is used as the DC
supply for start-up on
switching regulators. It is
powered from the +V High
DC (+400 V) to supply
voltage to the main
switching regulator control
chip until the main
switcher gets started.
The difference between
the parts?
LNK30xG – 8-pin SOIC
LNK30xP – 8-pin DIP
LNK30xD – 8-pin SMD, but
DIP size
LNK302x – 80 mA out,
maximum
LNK304x – 170 mA out
LNK305x – 280 mA out
LNK306x – 360 mA out
Pinout?
LNK30xD
1 – Bypass (0.1 µF cap to
output)
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2 – Feedback
3 – (nc)
4 – Drain (+V DC input)
5 – Source (output)
6 – Source (output)
7 – Source (output)
8 – Source (output)
LNK0xP or G
1 – Source (output)
2 – Source (output)
3 – Bypass (0.1 µF cap to
output)
4 – Feedback
5 – Drain (+V DC input)
6 – (nc)
7 – Source (output)
8 – Source (output)
Troubleshooting
Bypass should not be lower
than 4.85 V (under voltage
trigger point) or higher
than 6.3 V (rated Zener
limit). It should be 5.8 Volts
if all is working well.
Overcurrent in the output
causes the chip to shut
down. The sensor is built
into the design of the
output transistor so it isn’t
apparent to us.
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Jumper = open
L2 = short circuit
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1300 East Woodfield Road, Suite 410
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Schaumburg, IL 60173 A

Title
VIPer12 Buck nonisolated 12V @ 100mA
Size Document Number Rev
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 MK5 with Viper PCB installed

contacted STMicro application section to

Typical input cap on the Drain is a 4.7 µF
cap at 400 V.
The voltage at the Feedback pin should be
1.65 V.
Minimum DC in should be about 70 V. So
you should start seeing operation
somewhere around this point as you bring
up the AC voltage.
get a replacement for the chip and this is
what they came up with. I have used this
on a few units and it has worked great.
Glenn E. Allen
EET / Slot Tech. III
Three Rivers Casino & Hotel
5647 Hwy 126, Florence, OR 97439
www.threeriverscasino.com
Phone: 541-902-6531
Fax: 541-997-4802
---end---

Regulation of the output voltage is

maintained by skipping switching cycles.
As the output voltage rises the current
into the Feedback pin rises. When this
feedback current increases to a set value
the next oscillator cycle is skipped,
bringing down the output voltage and thus
the feedback current.

From Glenn Allen

Mr Allen has not written an “article” on

the subject. Rather, he has contributed a
replacement sub-module to us. Thanks,
Glenn.

BEHOLD

----From e-mail---

Randy.
Here's the little circuit to replace the
VB400 Voltage regulator on the MK5. I

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 Slot Tech Event-TechFest 29 Review
“Kicked Off the Rocks!”
T
echFest 29 was held at
Mystic Lake Casino
(near Minneapolis,
Minnesota) May 13-15, 2014.
It was a wonderful event
with the typical mix of good
food and great presentations
from companies like JCM,
Transact Technologies, Fu-
tureLogic, MEI (now Crane),
3M and Ceronix. Also, Pacific
Illumination’s Harry Iverson
gave away a free CCFL tester
to everyone in attendance.
I (Randy Fromm) presented
on a few subjects, including
component identification and
testing, power supplies and
LCD monitors but the unde-
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could work on actual faults
in power supplies, A/D
niable stars of TechFest boards and inverters. It was
came to us from Ceronix. a thing of beauty to watch
Ken Lema and Jillian fourscore slot techs, simulta-
Haynes brought to TechFest neously up to their elbows in
a full-on “HANDS-ON” LCD LCD monitor repair. Thanks,
monitor repair lab FOR 80 Ceronix. Ken and Jill were
PEOPLE! YES I AM YELLING! awesome as was each of my
It was amazing and these
photos cannot do justice to
the energy, spirit and just
plain educational value of
what Jill and Ken brought
with them to the event.
Everyone had a chance to
tear down and rebuild an
LCD panel and everyone had
a chance to run through a
number of different “power-
Diego Mejia
on” lab stations where they for Transact
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 FutureLogic’s
Tony Bowe
3M Touch
System’s Paul
Hatin teaches
touch technology.

The Ceronix lab

arrives!
TechFest welcomes Keith
McKinney representing
MEI/Crane

TechFest presenters. Thanks to them and

everyone that attended.

I apologize for the poor quality of the class

picture for TechFest 29. We were all posed,
“Rock Star” style on top of the big fake rocks
adjacent to the Minehaha Cafe when we
were chased off the rocks by casino security.
I’m pretty sure this was as close as I’ve ever
come to being eighty-sixed from a casino!-
STM

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 Slot Tech Event

Slot Tech Training at Twin Pine Casino

Semi-Famous Slot Tech

“DarkDank” from the Slot Tech
Forum

Just another class picture. If you were at the class, you’d want to see your picture in Slot Tech
Magazine. Thanks to all my friends at Twin Pine for their hospitality.

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 Slot Tech Feature Article
Quick & Simple Repairs #107
Bally Alpha “Touch Screen Com Error”
S
ince this particular game had been
upgraded from a Sentinel II to N-
Compass in the early morning
hours, I thought I would look for an obvi-
ous problem. Sure enough, the problem
was very obvious. Right in front of me the
touch screen communication cable was
unplugged from the brain box. Main game
power was turned off, the cable was
June 2014 Slot Tech Magazine
By Pat Porath
plugged back into its socket and presto! It
worked perfectly. When touching the
“denomination” and “see pays” menu, it
worked as it should.
Multimedia Games Not Accepting
Promo Cash or Tickets
A while back we received a bank of
“Tournevent” Multimedia games for new
slot tournament games along with a big
sign with four, 50'’ LCD monitors, two on
each side. After a while it was noticed
some games wouldn’t accept promo cash
and or tickets when they were taken out of
tournament mode and put back in regular
game mode. Rebooting the N-Compass
sentinel would sometimes work, if that
didn’t then RAM clearing the Sentinel
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would fix it. The fix was
only temporary though.
After the tournament was
done a tech would have to
test each game to see
whether or not they would
accept tickets and promo
cash. Recently a OS (Oper-
ating System) upgrade was
completed on the bank.
When testing the third
game down the line, it did
not accept a ticket. What
the? Phone calls were made
and we were told one last
Sentinel RAM clear was
needed to cure the prob-
lem. I haven’t heard of any
problems since.
they too have power. This
board was totally dead. I
knew I had power in other
places because the Oasis N-
Compass display was func-
tional, the monitors dis-
played “no signal” which
meant they had power too.
Before replacing the game
power supply, I looked
around the area of the CPU
board. As I looked closer, I
noticed that a power con-
nector right next to the
board wasn’t snapped in all
the way. With game power
OFF, the connector was
pushed in all the way into
its socket. Now, when turn-
ing ON power there were
LEDs lit up all over the CPU
board. The monitors were
functioning too. The prob-
lem was simply a loose
power connection to the
CPU board.
Troubleshooting Tips
When Upgrading From
Sentinel IIs to N-Com-
pass
When “globaling” the first
game in a bank (entering
the slot mast identification
number, checking COM

WMS “Blade” Loose

Power Connection

I had received a complaint

that a WMS “Blade” game
had a power problem. Once
in a while, both of the LCDs
(upper and lower) would go
out and only display “no
signal.” To me, this indi-
cates the LCDs have power
but no graphics (no video/
sync signals) are being sent
from the game. It could be a
game main processor board
problem, bad video card,
bad video cable, loose video
cable or maybe even one of
the game power supplies
had gone bad. My first
guess was a loose video
cable on either the LCD
side or the CPU side. Since
both connections were
snug, I opened up the CPU
door with game power ON
to check it out. There
should be some small LEDs
lit up (indicating power is
OK) along with spinning
CPU fans, showing that

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settings such as “SAS” and
“200ms” for our system)
and it does not work, there
are a few things that can be
checked. One way to tell if
the CAT5 cable has COM to
the Sentinel is if the two
lights are lit up on the
connector. If there are not
any lights, there isn’t any
communication. I recently
had a bank of games where
the first and second games
didn’t have any COM. Just
guessing, I thought it was a I had a game for which I wasn’t working properly.
problem with the computer received a complaint that Once at the game, there
switch (the box that has a the accounting side of it was a red border around
bunch of CAT5 cables
plugged into it). On the
fiber optic connections,
it was dead; there were
no lights at all. I no-
ticed that one of the
connections wasn’t
plugged in all the way.
After I plugged it in,
still no COM so I
swapped connections.
They were unplugged
and swapped left for
right and vice versa.
Right away, the com-
munication LED lit up.
When I went back to
the first game to “glo-
bal” it, COM estab-
lished very quickly so I
went to the next three
games in the bank
which were working
properly as well. In a
nutshell, the computer
switch wasn’t commu-
nicating with the Senti-
nels, which weren’t
communicating with
the games. Now that
the switch was working
properly, everything
else worked on down
the line.

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the N-Compass display.
This indicated a “Sentinel
TO System” problem. If the
display had had a yellow
border, the problem would
be a “Game TO Sentinel”
issue. Since this one had a
red border, I first looked at
the CAT5 cable on the
Sentinel; the COM lights
were dead. Next, I took a
look at the computer
switch. It was lit up like a
casino sign, lights all over
the place. When looking
closer, I noticed that one of
the channel lights was not
lit and a cable wasn’t
plugged in all the way.
After it was snug in place,
the channel light (for ex-
ample, number six) lit up
as did the lights on the
Sentinel CAT5 connection.
After taking the game
“offline” then putting it
back “online” with my glo-
bal card, no more red bor-
der. Everything looked
good. I even double
checked and pressed the
“diagnostics tab” on the N-
Compass display to verify
everything had communica-
tion, which it did. The prob-
lem was simply a loose
CAT5 cable on the com-
puter switch.
When the project was first
started, on our first bank of
games, all of them didn’t
accept “promo cash” unless
the Sentinel was rebooted
AFTER it was totally set up
and working. After every-
thing was globalled, had
communication and looked
good, they needed to be
rebooted otherwise a “gen-
eral error” appeared when
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attempting to download
promo cash. With the “me-
chanic card” or global card,
there is a tab that even
states “reboot”. Simply
touch the reboot tab. There
is no need to physically
power cycle the Sentinel.
If there are unusual IP
address numbers on the N-
Compass displays, the
computer switch may need
a power cycle. If a power
cycle doesn’t do it and
EVERYTHING else looks
normal, the IT department
(Information Technology
AKA computer geeks) may
need to be called to check
out the switch. They do
whatever they do and then
communication can be
established with the games.
Editor’s Note: Really? Your
IT department actually
touches the HARDWARE at
your casino, Pat? Forgive
my ignorance in this re-
gard. Question to readers:
At your property, do your IT
folks do anything with
hardware? I was once at a
casino (helping them build
a nice shop) when they
suffered a failure of their
mail server. Even THAT
required a repair courtesy
of the slot department.
After all, who else in a
casino environment knows
how to do this kind of stuff?
The slot department totally
ROCKS the casino from an
“electronics repair” point-of-
view, no?
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IGT Trimline Was Shut
Off, Unknown Reason
I was checking out things
during a morning walk on
the gaming floor to see if
any interior casino signage
needed attention, if slot
base lights were all lit or if
any games were turned off
that I was unaware of and
not in our log book. It is
rare but it does happen.
There was an IGT Trimline
game that was turned off
but nothing was in the log
book. The previous shift
hadn’t pass down any infor-
mation and I didn’t see a
work order for it. Who shut
if off and why was it off?
Oasis diagnostics monitor,
entering in the machine
number, under the transac-
tions tab, could have been
used to see whose em-
ployee floor card was last in
the game. Instead of track-
ing information on the
game, I just checked it out.
As soon as power was
turned ON, there was an
unusual vibration coming
from the game. It was simi-
lar to a cell phone vibration
but at a slower rate. What
could cause it? A bad cool-
ing fan. After disconnecting
one at a time, I found out
the fan located on the up-
per right side, behind the
main LCD was bad. Once
disconnected, no more
vibration. Since games
don’t really like any items
plugged in with power on, it
was power cycled a few
times for troubleshooting.
On the first couple of power
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ups, boot up was normal.
This time, the screen froze
up on the AVP logo. An-
other power cycle ended up
with the same result. After
taking a look at the video
card (which had a bad fan) I
blew out the brain box with
compressed air along with
cleaning the brain box air
filter. A new type of video
card was installed that had
a black heat sink around
the fan. The original one
had silver heat sink but
other than that, they
looked pretty similar. But,
the game didn’t like it.
Once again it would not
boot up properly. So an
exact looking replacement
was installed. I thought
maybe it was an upgraded
card, no such luck though.
Next, the exact OEM (Origi-
nal Equipment Manufac-
turer) was installed and the
game booted up perfectly.
Promo cash was down-
loaded, the game was
played for a couple of min-
utes, a few other things
were checked just to make
sure all was good, such as
game to system communi-
cation, buttons, and such.
Everything looked fine.
IGT S AVP “Host Offline”
Error
I received a call about three
IGT S AVP “Wheel of For-
tune” games that had a
“host offline” error. My first
thought was a loose fiber
optic cable connection but
when looking at both of the
game “COM boards” neither
were lit up at all. Normally
both the red and green
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lights flash rapidly to indi-
cate communication. Since
one game had dead com-
munication boards, it
knocked down the other
two. Since all three of the
$1.00 “Wheel of Fortune”
are linked together, when
one part of communication
goes down, they all do. Why
were both COM boards
dead? A game reboot didn’t
help at all but when doing
what I call a “hard boot”
(when main power is dis-
connected from the game
for about 15 seconds) some-
thing unusual happened.
The game interior service
light flickered after the
110vac connector was snug
in place. A slight wiggle of
the “110vac power supply”
(110vac plugs into it, the
tracking system power
plugs into it, and it has a
connector located on the
back in which plugs into
the game.) This told me the
power supply had a loose
connection, also verified by
Slot Tech Magazine
a loose thumbscrew that is
supposed to hold it in
place. After the screw was
tightened down I tried to
wiggle the power supply
once again. Now interior
light didn’t flicker, it was
snug in place. After the
game booted up all games
cleared the “host offline”
error. Simply a loose power
supply was the problem.
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UNI-750-1 24 Volt Section

I
redrawing the circuit then the circuit for now also. So
f you have spent any
taking it apart to see how it how does what’s left work?
time at all looking at the
works. I have no idea what
UNI-750-1 schematic you
they had in mind by all the Figure 3 shows what we
no doubt have noticed the
zig-zag lines. But taking an have going on when the 24
mess of lines just after the
ohm meter and a close look Volt secondary of T2 has
main rectifier. You also may
at the circuit, Figure 1 is the positive cycle (+ to the
have wasted time pondering
what you find. Not too top of the drawing as shown
what appears to be a full
surprising actually. in Figure 3). Current leaves
wave rectifier circuit with
two diodes but no center- the negative side of T2,
Next we realize the down through the choke
tapped secondary. SETEC
resistors and capacitors (L5) and up through C3
does seem to like designing
across the rectifiers are just and the 24 Volt load, back
stuff. What could have been
de-glitch filters. Taking to T2 through the top
a simple and straight
them out of the circuit we rectifier of D7. We now have
forward design they made
get Figure 2. R71 and R72 L5 and C3 charged up.
… complicated.
are part of the Temperature
circuit. We will get to that Figure 4 shows what
Let’s start this show by
later. Let’s take them out of

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capacitors do. Both push
current through the 24 V
Load and back to D7. This
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