Category: Embedded Development

PLC Rack/Box

This aluminium box cost ca 16.- USD P&P included and is accidentally the correct size to mount 2 of my backbone PCB’s on the inside. I need to do a more exact scaling, but the concept is illustrated below. To do this I need to make some PCB Holders. The ones illustrated below should be…

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Programmable Lab PSU

Starting at left with 230VAC input we need a classic rectifier and filter that will produce high voltage DC out. This is input to a PWM driver that will use HEXFET’s to generate a MCU controlled PWM into the isolation transformer. The duty of the PWM decides the output voltage. If we have 400VDC and…

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Building a 0-50V/0-20A Lab PSU

I ordered a DPS5020 (50v/20A) Lab PSU for 45.- USD with USB connector. I intend to hack that serial port and extend the HMI with my own interface, but my primary challenge is finding an affordable AC/DC that will deliver 60V/20A as input. I did find some interesting alternatives: This is 36V/5A and well suited…

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Servo Module

The next module I want to make is the Servo Module. This is handy since the 16 channels also can be used as digital/analogue IO signals. I will use 16 x 3xRight Angle Headers and some jumpers to select between voltage. I will only support 5V & 12V and max 10A in total. Higher voltage…

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ADM2582E Isolation

I need to see if I can prevent the ADM2582E from creating noise so I can run the MCU at 168Mhz with this precent. This is my current PCB around the ADM2582E. I only use 2 layers and could have needed 4 here, but the main problem is that I dropped the bypass capacitors on…

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Com Adapter at 168Mhz

Mounted a STM32F405RG from a new batch I have and it works perfectly at 168Mhz. It just hit me that the other board have a ADM2582E mounted so I removed that and that board/MCU suddenly works at 168Mhz as well. It’s no question, I moved the ADM2582E to the New board and the board suddenly…

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STM32 M3/M4 Rx Breakout

Mounted a 16Mhz crystal so ticking at 168Mhz HSE here. The oscilloscope is my DSO203 4 channel. I use it then I get tired of listening to the fan’s on the larger one. A better pic of the revision 1.2 breakout with a STM32F405RG below. The 3D models below is actually the draft of revision…

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