Build your own laboratory precision voltage source

Focus:

A precision voltage source with one part in 100,000 resolution can be built using a 5-decade Kelvin-Varley divider (a potentiometer), an LT1236 reference and LT1881 and LT1010 buffers. The design is powered by 12 AA cells.

What you’ll learn:

• How to build a precision voltage source with 1 part in 100,000 resolution for laboratory use

Notes:

"Video presentation of EDN Design Idea, introduced by Maury Wright

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Author & Publication:

Mark Thoren, mixed-signal application engineering manager with Linear Technology, YouTube, Aug 21 2008

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