Converting Computer Atx Power Supply To Lab Bench Power Supply
Atx to lab bench power supply conversion.
Converting computer atx power supply to lab bench power supply. While a commercial bench power supply is certainly a worthwhile investment there is a cheaper solution that you might want to consider. In my sophomore year of college at the university of minnesota i started into my main electronics classes and needed a good power supply for working on lab projects at home. My roommate adam told me about somebody online who had converted an atx. By converting the cheap free atx power supplies that can be found in any discarded computer you can get a phenomenal lab power supply with huge current outputs short circuit protection and reasonably tight voltage regulation on the 5v line.
Adapt an old computer power supply to use on your workbench. This guide has almost every atx computer power supply to bench power supply published to date on instructables as of dec 2014 about 70 unique instructables. What is 12v rails. How to use them how to connect them in series in parallel.
Small tutorial on computer atx power supplies. It should be interesting to both those who want to do a conversion and to those interested in the evolution of a popular topic that has been done over and over on the site.