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- From: jet@fokus.gmd.de (J. Tiemann)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Computer on a car battery
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.103541.23022@fokus.gmd.de>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 10:35:41 GMT
- References: <1992Aug30.035542.21557@nuchat.sccsi.com> <IISAKKIL.92Aug30164509@vipunen.hut.fi>
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- In article <IISAKKIL.92Aug30164509@vipunen.hut.fi>, iisakkil@vipunen.hut.fi (Mika Iisakkila) writes:
- |> jeffn@nuchat.sccsi.com (Jeff Noxon) writes:
- |>
- |> >Question 1: How can I power the motherboard? I am interested mostly in
- |> >efficency. Would 5V regulator ICs do the job as well as anything?
- |>
- |> Not really. I worked for a couple of years for a company that made
- [...]
- |> that could deliver the rated voltages at as low as 5.2 V of input,
- |> although this requires some black magic. Low operating voltages are
- |> needed to keep the power supply working properly during engine start,
- |> which causes a severe drop in the battery voltage.
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- There are also high voltage spikes that can damages the voltage regulator
- and the computer during engine starts. So you need a good filter (to filter
- the high frequencies from this spikes) protect the electronic. The high
- currents during this time (from battery to the engine/generator) can also
- confuse your computer, but most trouble comes over the power supply.
-
- |> For your purposes you will probably be happy with a simple step-down
- |> switcher, which is easy to implement using a dedicated IC. One of
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- Jens jet@fokus.gmd.de
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