Usagi Electric | Minicomputer Part 3: In-depth Look at the Power Supply @UsagiElectric | Uploaded June 2021 | Updated October 2024, 20 hours ago.
Today we’re taking another stab at the minicomputer! This time, we pull the power supply and take a good long gander at the wizardry that’s going on inside. There’s a lot of amazing things happening in there that are well beyond my ability to grasp, but I sure had a great time trying to figure it all out!

Artist: Red Tailed Fox
Title: Suco de Melancia
ocremix.org/remix/OCR01671

Check the Hackaday article on the LM723 here:
hackaday.com/2018/02/15/the-micro-a723-as-a-switch-mode-regulator

Here’s an excellent source on using the LM723 as a floating regulator:
circuitstoday.com/floating-regulator

And the high(er) resolution photos of the PCB:
https://i.postimg.cc/2SgW9WZg/IMAG3745.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/wBJmCB5M/IMAG3747.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/7YYS5w4t/IMAG3750.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/rpc4Lkf9/IMAG3751.jpg

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