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buck converter

9 videos. Ranked by independent recommendations, not by views.

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   1 EEVblog #110 - Let's Design a DC to DC Switchmode Converter

   EEVblog 15 people · 16 months · since May 2011

   Dave Jones walks through designing a switch-mode supply around the MC34063, often pointed to as a hands-on introduction to buck and boost converters.

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   2 Switch mode power supply tutorial: DC-DC buck converters

   Afrotechmods 7 people · 7 months · since Mar 2015

   Widely praised as a clear introduction to step down switching regulators, covering why they beat linear regulators and how to build a simple one.

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   3 Review: 1W 350mA LED Driver with the elusive 6200 Chip

   Julian Ilett 4 people · 10 months · since Feb 2016

   Linked when a cheap constant current LED driver module comes up, mainly for its demonstration of the module's PWM dimming input.

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   4 Boost Converters and Buck Converters: Power Electronics

   Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky 7 people · 7 months · since Nov 2017

   Animated explanation of buck and boost converters that builds up from flawed designs, showing voltage as height and current as arrows; recommended for intuition about inductors.

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   5 HACKED!: Adding a Current Limit Feature to a Buck/Boost Converter

   GreatScott! 7 people · 6 months · since Jan 2018

   Adds a current limit to a cheap buck/boost module with a sense resistor and comparator; people borrow the circuit for CC/CV chargers and motor supplies.

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   6 Ridiculously Cheap Voltage Regulator Board uses LM2596 SMPS Chip

   Julian Ilett 3 people · 7 months · since Jun 2014

   An introduction to cheap LM2596 step-down converter modules, linked for anyone wanting to understand what these boards do before buying one.

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   7 DIY Buck Converter || How to step down DC voltage efficiently

   GreatScott! 4 people · 4 months · since Aug 2016

   GreatScott builds a DIY buck converter with an Arduino driving a MOSFET, cited as a clear way to understand how step-down switching converters work.

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   8 Buck converter vs. linear voltage regulator - practical comparison

   ElectronFun.com 4 people · 4 months · since Aug 2015

   Compares a buck converter and a linear regulator on the bench for efficiency and output noise; cited when choosing how to drop voltage in battery projects.

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   9 DIY Buck/Boost Converter (Flyback) || How to step up/down DC voltage efficiently

   GreatScott! 4 people · 4 months · since Nov 2016

   Recommended as a dependable explanation of how buck and boost converters change DC voltage, useful if you want to build one rather than buy a module.