Thanks for all your responses. I thought I had this group set up to email me if there were any responses, but I messed up somewhere and just discovered these today.
Bob On Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 3:58:07 PM UTC-5, threeneurons wrote: > > I made a one off MAX1771 supply following Nick's guidelines, as best I > could using thru-hole parts, and got very impressive results. Not quite, > what Nick got, but still a lot of power.. > > >> The Taylor Edge 1363/1364 are well regarded, as are those by Mike >> Moorrees (aka. threeneurons) - many others out there! >> >> > Taylor's supplies can kick out a lot of power. I haven't compared them > with the MAX1771 design, so I can't say if its more or less. They can still > output significant current from just a 5V in, if that's needed. Taylor's > day job, is designing supplies, and he uses a custom transformer. > > The claim to fame, on my units, is that the kits are cheap ! Its not the > most efficient design, its max output is less than the ones above. It > still, however, can power a 6 tube IN18 direct drive clock. Thanks to the > Chinese for using the MC34063 in the millions, in USB car chargers, that > chip's price continues to fall. Mine are kitted from all "off the shelf" > parts. Of course my supply is a better design than the first supplies, I > encountered, that used the MC34063. > > With the optimal coil (which doesn't come with the kit), my MC34063 can > output close to 10W. I think the MAX1771 can do 20W (120mA @ 170V). Those > are the max numbers. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7735a020-e8c3-4339-94c8-ae19277faef5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
