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POWER SUPPLY

Power supply is a reference to a source of electrical


power. A device or system that supplies electrical or other
types of energy to an output load or group of loads is called a
power supply unit or PSU.

It includes transformer, rectifier , regulator and


filter circuits to give constant 5v supply to the controller.The
circuit also provides 12v and 5v outputs wherever required on
the controller board and to the external interfaces.
Features
 Output Voltage: 12V DC
 Output Ripple:  Typical 100mV
 Input Voltage : Universal 90VAC to 264VAC (2 AC inlet plugs  in
redundant power supply)
 Input Frequency : 47Hz to 63Hz
 Input Current : Approx. continuous 3 Amps.
 Current Tolerance : Typical 2%
DIAGRAM
Description
 A 230v, 50Hz Single phase AC power supply is given to a step down
transformer to get 12v supply.

 This voltage is converted to DC voltage using a Bridge Rectifier.

 The converted pulsating DC voltage is filtered by a 2200uf capacitor and


then given to 7805 voltage regulator to obtain constant 5v supply.

 This 5v supply is given to all the components in the circuit. A RC time


constant circuit is added to discharge all the capacitors quickly.

 To ensure the power supply a LED is connected for indication purpose.


 
Applications
 Computer Peripherals and Networking Applications
 Telecommunications and Fiber optic Network
 Voice, Data and Analog Communications
 Universities and Educational Facilities
 Instrumentation and Electronics
 Utility and Power Industries
 Data Acquisition
 Medical
 Military

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