I, like many people starting to really get into electronics engineering as a hobby, intend to design and build my own variable (linear) bench supply. If Im not mistaken, pretty much all of the designs go something like this:
Transformer -> Rectifier -> Capacitor -> Regulator
Im assuming most people use regular transformers, so do most people just deal with the voltage drop being wasted as heat, or do people somehow minimize the voltage drop, and if so, how?
One thought I have is to use a variable transformer. Any other methods?
Thanks
-Chris P
Transformer -> Rectifier -> Capacitor -> Regulator
Im assuming most people use regular transformers, so do most people just deal with the voltage drop being wasted as heat, or do people somehow minimize the voltage drop, and if so, how?
One thought I have is to use a variable transformer. Any other methods?
Thanks
-Chris P