A good, inexpensive PS I''ve found
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Well, that blows me out of the water. I'm lucky if many of my Stamp projects
draw a couple hundred ma. The other AVR stuff draws even less.
As far as the PC power supplies, we need to define "old." The really old 63
watt and 100 watt XT / AT supplies did need a load. Not sure about the later
non-ATX models though.
Original Message
> 1 amp load on the 5 Volt line will make most (that I have seen anyway)
> computer power supplies come up.
> The newer ATX power supplies need a load to let the monitoring
> cirucit turn on the power supply.
>
> older power supplies don't need a load to start.
> > Isn't it true that you always need some load on computer power
> supplies to
> > work/regulate.
> > Seem to me I read something about this in N&V some time back. Also how
>
> > would you regulate/limit the current so not to blow
> anything or in
> > my case blind by the light when (not if) I short something out.
> Just can't
> > trust us mech types with electricity/
draw a couple hundred ma. The other AVR stuff draws even less.
As far as the PC power supplies, we need to define "old." The really old 63
watt and 100 watt XT / AT supplies did need a load. Not sure about the later
non-ATX models though.
Original Message
> 1 amp load on the 5 Volt line will make most (that I have seen anyway)
> computer power supplies come up.
> The newer ATX power supplies need a load to let the monitoring
> cirucit turn on the power supply.
>
> older power supplies don't need a load to start.
> > Isn't it true that you always need some load on computer power
> supplies to
> > work/regulate.
> > Seem to me I read something about this in N&V some time back. Also how
>
> > would you regulate/limit the current so not to blow
> anything or in
> > my case blind by the light when (not if) I short something out.
> Just can't
> > trust us mech types with electricity/