DC Power Supplies: A Technician's Guide

Design any internal or external DC power supply. Sharpen your technical mastery of dc power supplies and keep your electronics career on the fast track with DC Power Supplies, by Joseph J. Carr. It's your complete, on-to-the-job guide to building virtually every kind of internal and external dc power supply - high-voltage, remote, portable and emergency. You'll hone your skills with build-it-yourself projects and work with real-world components and values to: Design and build flawless power supply architectures. Ensure electrical safety. Understand batteries - from voltaic cells to gel-cell units. Generate alternating current. Protect transistors and IC regulators. Master switching, monitoring, metering and control. Deploy and testmtransformers. Operate and select rectifiers. Apply ripple filter circuits. And much more.