On 12/20/2011 5:03 PM, Lindy Mayfield wrote:
> your advice, and help, is so very much welcome. but perhaps I misundersto=
od the purpose of this "learning" board.  can they give me a "learning" boa=
rd to experiment with analog stuff, then expect me to know enough to create=
 a 10v power supply?  that is what my problem is.
>
> I can of course put together the circuits that create a 10V power supply,=
 but, in my defense, such a learning sort of  board and stuff shouldn't exp=
ect me to know how to do that.  Should they?  This is just a learning/devel=
opment board.  I pay not so much to buy the circuits and the board, but mor=
e the "how to" part of it all.  Well, it was a gift for a friend who knows =
 not too much, but wants to learn.
>
> now, how do I tell him that I need to put together a bread-board with the=
 recommended IC's to create 10 volts from, say 9 or whatever (4 AA's in seq=
uence).  Or some sort of AC to DC power supply such as a wall wort.    I am=
 just not smart enough to bridge the gap between me and him.  but I really =
am trying my best to learn this.  (I have Horowitz in my shelf, also Boyels=
tad.)  Ahhh.
>
> bestest regards, Lindy
>
>
Two 12 volt, 1 Amp wall warts.
Either cut off the connectors and attach them permanently or a couple of=20
the appropriate receptacles wired permanently.

Easy & safe!

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John Ferrell W8CCW
"The man who complains about the way the
ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it."
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