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This is my 3rd version of the programmable laboratory power supply using the best of the two ancestors and adding more power to it:
- 24V 3.3A medical power supply as power source
- 0 ... 20V adjustable output voltage
- 0 ... 3A of adjustable current limitation
- 0 ... 3A of adjustable internal DC electronic load (current sinking on LT3083)
- additional DCDC converters for 3.3V and 5.0V outputs with separate current monitoring up to 1A
- internal switchable step-down DC/DC converter to reduce linear power loss on the LT3083
- SPI TFT with resistive touch- ATxmega128A3U in TQFP-64 package (more memory & more GPIO)
- UART interface to external PC for remote control and data logging
- Bluetooth LE module as alternative wireless control and logging interface (SiLabs/BlueGiga BLE112 module)
- keep it as small and compact as the other two versions (jsLabPS & jsLabPS2), in TEKO KL22 housing
- BOM cost of all PCB components about 84 €, plus 17 € for the PCB itself
- total final BOM cost (all incl., like TFT, heat sink, housing, Fans, power supply, 4mm bananas, main switch & cord) of about 179 € (~ 190 $)
- Printed Circuit Board, just 2-layers, Eurocircuits, Rev B feb 2017 (Rev A assembled & fully tested in Jan 2017, FW fully functional incl. BLE send & receive)
Update 18th of Mars 2017: PCBs of revision B have been received, assembly is just finished, 99% is immediately working, it's mainly calibration what needs to be done yet.
Some small things still need to be reworked or corrected for a next version: the holes for the two DCDC converters (3.3V & 5V) are a bit too small, need to be > 0.9 mm, the two vias near inductor L1 are still too near, so that L1 must be mounted slightly turned to avoid short cuts to these vias, C50 is still a bit too near to CN6, and finally for some resistors and capacitors the footprints are ok for the reflow process but a bit limit for manual soldering, but it works anyway.
Update 21th of Mars 2017: Rev C with corrections for VSYS1 Min Load circuit schema, L1 vias pos changed, C50 pos changed, DCDC hole sizes enlarged to 1mm
Update 12th of April 2017: Rev C with additional (manual) modification for (spare) OPAmp improved I-LOAD measurement
Update 25th of April 2017: added attachments (Atmel Studio HEX file of MCU FW version 1.01, BLE Config Project, BOM with Supplier Links)
Update 21st of July 2017: added attachment (Atmel Studio HEX file of MCU FW version 1.03, additional display photos with different menus and big value variants)
Update 22nd of Nov 2017: added attachment (Atmel Studio HEX file of MCU FW version 1.04, following FW bugfixes/improvements:
- FANs start also if output is NOT on (if the device is connected to a battery with DC-Load=On for discharging the FANs didn't start, because output wasn't active)
- DC-load cut-off-voltage is now shown with 2 digits before the comma (before you could adjust but you couln'd see values > 9.99V)
- better visibility if DC-Load is ON or not (before just the DC-Load values foreground color changed, now the whole rectangle behind changes its color)
PS: a tiny REX (return of experience) information: Rx5 for 5V minimal load is on the limit and always hot (110R 5V 45mA 227mW), better two 220R in parallel :)
Update of April 2020: it's 2.5 years now, that I'm using one at work and two at home on a daily basis and they are doing their job absolutely fine and reliable :)
Update of Oct 2020: just saw an erreur in this text and corrected it - it's the LT3083 circuit of course (not the LTC...), otherwise still happy with it ...
Update of Feb 2021: added attachment I just added a tiny manual how to use the device (I was asked for a video, but decided for a small manual with some explanations)
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