{"id":527,"date":"2014-12-20T03:26:44","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T03:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afrotechmods.com\/tutorials\/?p=527"},"modified":"2020-05-18T04:50:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T04:50:02","slug":"switch-mode-power-supply-tutorial-dc-dc-buck-converters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/afrotechmods.com\/tutorials\/2014\/12\/20\/switch-mode-power-supply-tutorial-dc-dc-buck-converters\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch mode power supply tutorial: DC-DC buck converters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Switch mode power supplies are a more efficient way to regulate voltage than linear regulators. In this video I explain buck converters, which are a type of switch mode power supply used to step down voltage. I also show you how to build a 5V 5A power supply using an LM2678.<\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CEhBN5_fO5o\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/octopart.com\/bom-lookup\/781DMaFT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parts list (Octopart)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schematic:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/iwWnvXv.jpg\" alt=\"buck converter switch mode power supply\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Switch mode power supplies are a more efficient way to regulate voltage than linear regulators. In this video I explain buck converters, which are a type of switch mode power supply used to step down voltage. I also show you how to build a 5V 5A power supply using an LM2678. Parts list (Octopart) Schematic:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,27,25],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advanced-tutorials","tag-buck-converter","tag-power-electronics","tag-voltage-regulation"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/afrotechmods.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Buck-thumbnail5-332x187.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/afrotechmods.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/afrotechmods.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/afrotechmods.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/afrotechmods.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/afrotechmods.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/afrotechmods.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1276,"href":"http:\/\/afrotechmods.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions\/1276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/afrotechmods.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/afrotechmods.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/afrotechmods.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/afrotechmods.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}