Re: plus4 power supply

Hi Gerrit,

Reading back your posts I have one question. What is the purpose of the 
100nF ceramic parallel to the 4700uF capacitor?

Thanks
Istvan

-----Original Message----- 
From: Gerrit Heitsch
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 5:31 PM
To: cbm-hackers@musoftware.de
Subject: Re: plus4 power supply

On 09/20/2012 01:39 PM, Hegedűs István wrote:
> Hi Gerrit,
>
> That is strange because I have measured an old C64 power supply and
> other plus4 power supplies which provide 5.4v. The plus4 power supply
> schematic diagram says 5.2v though.
> I have checked the CPU datasheet and it says max voltage is 7v but of
> course the other components might not like it.

Usually the voltage is supposed to be 5V +/-5% which comes out to 4.75
to 5.25V. So even if the PSU supplies 5.2V and they all make it to the
ICs, that's still fine.



> I know the regulator you linked here but that still needs the diode
> bridges and the 4700uF capacitor (I believe).

Yes, those you still need. Also, it can't hurt to have 100nF ceramic
parallel to the 4700µF.


> The heat is generated by
> the 7805 regulator so you are right it will be cooler (and maybe more
> stable).

It should be as stable but a bit more noisy with the switching
regulator. And the rectifier will also generate some heat. About 1.3W
per Amp. But there will be less current drawn through it with the
switching regulator, so even that will run cooler.

When I replaced the 7805 in my C16 with a switching regulator (*) and
removed R10, the current before the regulator went down to 380mA when
supplied with regulated 9V, with the original supply, it was 280mA since
that is about 11V. This meant a LOT less heat in the box. Combined with
CMOS-EPROMs instead of NMOS-ROMs and heatsinks on CPU, TED and PLA, I
hope to have extended the livespan a fair bit.


(*) RECOM R-78B5.0-1.5  drop in for a 7805.


  Gerrit



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