No design switching regulator 5V, 5A buck (step-down) regulator
Ron Vinsant
Abstract
This chapter describes a simple and low-cost step-down converter circuit to convert an 8V to 40V input to a regulated 5V output, using off-the-shelf parts.
Keywords
Step-down converter
switching regulator
buck regulator
Introduction
This simple, no design regulator, is a step-down DC/DC converter designed to convert an 8V to 40V input to a regulated 5V output. The 5V output is capable of sourcing up to 5A of output current.
This converter is based on the Linear Technology LT1074 switching regulator IC. This device needs only a few external parts to make up a complete regulator including thermal protection and current limit. This design ...
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