{"id":670,"date":"2016-09-25T19:42:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T18:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/?p=670"},"modified":"2016-10-11T21:45:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T20:45:23","slug":"lm2576t-5-step-down-switching-regulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/lm2576t-5-step-down-switching-regulator\/","title":{"rendered":"LM2576T-5 step down switching regulator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First switching power supply working.<\/p>\n<p>I have an ARM board to be powered, which draws between 0.5 and 1.5 ampere&#8217;s on 5 volt. Tried using an standard 7805 (2 ampere spec), but the system would not boot. VOut dropped to 4.5 volts and 7805 was getting to hot with +\/- 24 volt VIn.<\/p>\n<p>So i made an circuit based on the LM2576T-5.<\/p>\n<p>Partslist:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Part<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IC1: LM2576T-5<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\u20ac 1,60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>L1: Inductor 100uH<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\u20ac 1,45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>D1: SR504<\/td>\n<td>Recoverd from PC PSU<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.farnell.com\/datasheets\/41799.pdf\">5.0 Amps Schottky Barrier Rectifier<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>C1: 470uF 35v<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Reused from other project<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>C2: 3300uF 10v<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Also recovered from PC PSU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>F1: Fuse holder and 400mA<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Stock, price n\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/lm2576t-5-schema.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-672\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/lm2576t-5-schema.png\" alt=\"lm2576t-5-schema\" width=\"1095\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/lm2576t-5-schema.png 1095w, http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/lm2576t-5-schema-300x72.png 300w, http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/lm2576t-5-schema-768x184.png 768w, http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/lm2576t-5-schema-1024x245.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/lm2576t-5-schema-624x149.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1095px) 100vw, 1095px\" \/><\/a>Input voltage is an battery+solar power supply that varies between 23-24 to 29 volts.<\/p>\n<p>Working power supply (left) with active load.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160925_184405_edit.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-675\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160925_184405_edit.png\" alt=\"img_20160925_184405_edit\" width=\"1400\" height=\"789\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160925_184405_edit.png 1400w, http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160925_184405_edit-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160925_184405_edit-768x433.png 768w, http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160925_184405_edit-1024x577.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160925_184405_edit-624x352.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Bad output: (spikes)<\/b><br \/>\nWhat happens if an normal (or to slow) diode is used:<br \/>\nYellow is regulator V-OUT.<br \/>\nBlue line represents voltage output for load (feedback signal).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160924_194739_edit.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-674\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160924_194739_edit.png\" alt=\"img_20160924_194739_edit\" width=\"1300\" height=\"923\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160924_194739_edit.png 1300w, http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160924_194739_edit-300x213.png 300w, http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160924_194739_edit-768x545.png 768w, http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160924_194739_edit-1024x727.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160924_194739_edit-624x443.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Good output:<\/b><br \/>\nNo load:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/noload.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-679 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/noload.bmp\" alt=\"noload\" width=\"320\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>100mA load<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/100ma_load.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-680 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/100ma_load.bmp\" alt=\"100ma_load\" width=\"320\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Borrowed lm2576 library for <a href=\"https:\/\/cadsoft.io\/\">Eagle PCB Design<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaglecentral.ca\/index.php?t=msg&amp;th=5464&amp;2c936417e1c2e4ed949954f767613e37\/\">eaglecentral.ca | LM2576 circuit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First switching power supply working. I have an ARM board to be powered, which draws between 0.5 and 1.5 ampere&#8217;s on 5 volt. Tried using an standard 7805 (2 ampere spec), but the system would not boot. VOut dropped to 4.5 volts and 7805 was getting to hot with +\/- 24 volt VIn. So i [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[327,13,1,146],"tags":[329,330,332,331,333],"class_list":["post-670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","category-english","category-robin","category-solar-energy","tag-lm2576","tag-lm2576t-5","tag-mini2440-arm-board","tag-psu","tag-smps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":682,"href":"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions\/682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mb200d.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}