Tester cycles system-power supplies

Focus:

Test a system design on the bench by cycling the power supply using this simple circuit in combination with a common ac adapter. This solution is a low-cost alternative to an expensive commercial power supply.

What you’ll learn:

• How to cycle a power supply's output on and off
• How to perform power cycling on system boards

Notes:

An EDN Design Idea

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Author & Publication:

Goh Ban Hok, Infineon Technologies, Asia Pacific Ltd, Singapore; Edited by Martin Rowe and Fran Granville, EDN, Jul 10 2008

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