Oops, the diodes in the article are there to separate and isolate the regulators. The capacitors are there as a filter. And, it appears that the article you linked to was actually a little rehash of the following article by EDN: http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA434875
On Jan 16, 10:19 pm, Mohammad AbuShady <[email protected]> wrote: > Well actually what you need is a voltage regulator, I've used a 5v, 12v, > -5v, -12v regulators before, but those only were for a 1A current. > By looking around i found a good link ill attach at the end of my reply > here, it said that high current voltage regulators tend to be expensive, and > it showed a good trick i didn't think about, by doing a current divider and > distribute the current over more than 1 regulator this will keep the current > on each from exceeding the regulator's limit (1A) , and don't worry those > are really cheap, i think you can get like one for less than $1. > I'm not sure if you're familiar with basic circuits stuff, you'll need to > make your own small circuit, I suggest you get like more than 6 of them > -regulators- (so the load on each would be less than 1A, it would be > calculated like current passing in each = total curret/number of paralell > regulators ), the example here used a 12v regulator (LM7812) you need the > 10v one (should be called LM7810), you'll connect them in parallel, the > diagram in the link used a capacitor connected to the ground and a diode but > those both i suppose were used to eliminate the AC part of the current, but > since you're input is coming from the power supply probably wont have this > AC part. > umm well just read the link and good luck :D , i'm not sure how easy/hard > this would be for you, i studied and handled such stuff before so i don't > find it hard, feel free for asking any questions > i know i might have been a bit confusing, sorry lol > The Link <http://www.reuk.co.uk/High-Current-Voltage-Regulation.htm> I > used, you could also call it my reference :P > > ~Coalwater~ > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 5:08 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > 6 amps is all I need. > > Dale > > > -------------- Original message from Mohammad AbuShady < > > [email protected]>: -------------- > > > @KwikOne: There is a difference between current and voltage, 10v is a low > > voltage, but the current here is measured in amperes, it could be a 10v > > power supply but has a 20A,30A,40A..etc , i think that's what he meant by > > high current, since usual currents in electronic circuits are measured in > > milliAmperes. > > > And i suppose he choose a computer power supply because these have an > > average of power 250W so with a 10v output he can theoretically get upto 25A > > without any risk on the power supply it self from failing. > > > @radiodale: what is the max current you are expecting to use ? > > > ~Coalwater~ > > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 9:04 PM, KwikOne <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> No, it cannot be adjusted down unless you were to design a step-down > >> yourself using the 12v as the input to what you design/build. And, the > >> 12v is not really that high a current (what do you mean by high > >> current?) > > >> On Jan 15, 8:50 am, radiodale <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I need a 10V high current supply for another purpose and this is the > >> > most cost effective way to obtain it. > >> > Dale > > >> > On Jan 15, 6:34 am, Mohammad AbuShady <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > why would you want to do that, those are standard voltage values used > >> by any > >> > > normal motherboard and any change might affect it's performance and > >> maybe > >> > > lifetime > > >> > > ~Coalwater~ > > >> > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 2:09 AM, radiodale <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > Can the 12V output on an ATX supply be adjusted down to 10V? > >> > > > Thank you, > > >> dale > > >> > > > -- > >> > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups > >> > > > "Computer Tech Support" group. > >> > > > To post to this group, send email to > >> > > > [email protected]. > >> > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > > > [email protected]<computer-tech-support%[email protected]> > >> <computer-tech-support%2b[email protected]> > >> > > > . > >> > > > For more options, visit this group at > >> > > >http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en.-Hidequotedtext > >> > > > - > > >> > > - Show quoted text - > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Computer Tech Support" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<computer-tech-support%[email protected]> > >> . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Computer Tech Support" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<computer-tech-support%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. 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