Questions tagged [boost]
A non-isolated DC/DC converter topology.
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B6284 boost converter
Has any one tangled with the B6284 boost converter IC? It has an enable line that is supposed to shut down the device when connected to ground but I can only get it to drop the output from 12v to 3v. ...
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Boost converter control in DCM
I am trying to find a reference where a boost converter is controlled in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) with constant duty cycle and by changing the frequency of operation. More specifically, I ...
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Boost converter voltage drop when charging battery
I made a 4s battery pack made of 18650 LiFePO4 cells that I'm planning to use for a mobile computing hobby project.
My plan for charging it is to use a salvaged power supply from a computer along ...
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Why does duty cycle seem relevant when calculating inductor current in boost converter circuit?
I've been working hard to understand boost converters and the role of inductors in the boost converter circuit. I found a pretty good list of basic calculations from Texas Instruments and I started ...
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How do inductor specifications impact their effectiveness in a boost converter circuit?
I've been trying to understand how to select an adequate inductor for a boost converter circuit. I'm a hobbyist so I'm not always sure what to look for, so I haven't been able to find something that ...
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Boost converter output voltage waveform [closed]
Why there is an initial transient and oscillation in the output voltage of boost converter?
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How can an inductor/coil turn a bjt on and off?
I've seen a boost converter circuit on YouTube, and the guy uses a second coil, wound on top of the first coil, and in the same direction, it is connected to the base of a BJT. The BJT acts as a ...
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Trying to increase amperage of Arduino Uno digital pin (20mA) to control a cabinet lock that is rated at 12v / 2A
I am trying to use my Arduino Uno to send power from one of its digital pins to a cabinet lock, the cabinet lock is "fail-secure," so you send power to it to unlock ...
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Design questions regarding LM2735 (boost-converter) for DC-DC
I'm doodling with a future circuit. The application (Commodore 64) expects 5VDC (which I will provide with a pass-through) and 9VAC 50Hz. I do not have any working circuit or a schematic, because the ...
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Does this circuit adequately represent the thermal considerations for a boost converter?
I'm new to electronics, and I'm trying to use a boost converter to get 5V at 1.2A from a lithium ion battery. I've selected the TPS61232 step up converter for this solution.
The datasheet has a ...
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What's wrong with my boost converter circuit?
When I first created my circuit, everything worked fine. I didn't use a logic level mosfet at the time but I managed to acquire over 10V at the output (DC motor) and the next morning it stopped ...
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Buffer capacitors' role in boost power supply design?
In the power supply design, there are always smaller value capacitors placed at the output.What is the main role played by these capacitors in the module? Check the screenshot attached and I am ...
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Can I use this inductor in my boost converter circuit?
I used TI Webench to spec out this boost converter circuit:
The design calls for an inductor that is marked as end of life. Can I use this inductor instead?
My hypothesis is that they are ...
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Does capacitor package size matter?
I'm selecting parts for this boost converter circuit:
The BOM lists these devices:
I'm at a hobbyist level with electronics so I can't tell when design decisions are arbitrary and when they're ...
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How do I decide which which oscillation frequency and capacitors to use with a boost converter?
I'm working on a few projects where I'll be driving about 8 WS2812B LEDs on a 5V rail with an ATTiny85 (I think the whole circuit is going to draw about .5A; I'm using .75A for my calculations). I'm ...
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Easiest (or cheapest) way to get both 5V and 3.3V on one circuit
I'm working on a circuit based on an ATTiny85 and I need accelerometer input. I was looking at using an analog accelerometer (KXTC9-2050 that runs around 240 uA) because I have the extra pin and I'm ...
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Calculating the peak current of my boost converter
I am stuck while calculating the peak current in the boost converter through the inductor.
Can you please check if I am right?
Ipeak=(Max Voltage/ R2) = 18/1000=0.018. So, my peak current through ...
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PCB design for MAX1709ESE
I am thinking of using MAX1709ESE step-up converter in my DIY project, and from the datasheet I have found that the chip is manufactured in SOIC16 case without a thermal pad (as opposed to MAX1709EUI+)...
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How to find the peak current and Vswce of this IC - NCV3063 [duplicate]
I need to design a boost converter using this IC. From (7.5V to 16.5V) to 23V. Load current max is 255mA.
I am having some difficulty in understanding some of the design calculation.
How will I ...
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Working of boost converter [duplicate]
Can someone explain me the working of this boost converter and the function of individual components. Please. I am unable to understand.
Why are the transistors connected to the MOSFET. What purpose ...
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Input current for boost converter
I am using this IC in boost converter configuration : boost converter
It steps up the voltage from 16.5V to 23V.
It drives a load current of 270mA.
I need to calculate the input current of the ...
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How to design a slope compensation circuit for a boost converter having different output levels at different input ranges?
I am working on a non-isolated boost converter, has 30khz switching frequency and uc3842b is used to implement peak current mode control.
Three phase ac after rectification is applied as an input to ...
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Parallel LED not achieving expected current from 18650 battery pack and Boost converter
This is kinda a follow up to a previous question I asked here: Parallel 18650 battery pack voltage not stepping-up with Boost converter. Why?
I have now added the correct boost converter to my 20 LED ...
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Question on TWO stage power conditioning
Suppose a induction motor is connected through a inverter. Inverter is fed from a DC-DC boost converter. My question is: to boost converter how load current will look like? Will it look like DC or AC?
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Why are the input and the battery connected in a transistor amp?
I'm trying to make a simple boost pedal for my guitar using the simplest schematic I found. I'm wondering why the input is connected to the +9v battery in this schematic through a 430kohm resistance. ...
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Multiple boost converter voltage pulled down
I need to make a simulation of multiple boost converter design for different load ratios. I have designed 2 boost converter both of them have same duty cycle and same L and C values. Voltage input is ...
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DC Voltage Multiplier for Positive and Negative Input
I have a small DC motor being driven by a controller which supplies +6V/-6V to the motor to control its speed and direction (elliptical machine resistance control motor). The issue is that 6Vs is not ...
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Choosing inductor and capacitor for boost converter
I am working on a IoT project that involves an arduino and a 4G LTE module. The device will be operated with two Alkaline batteries. Both the arduino and LTE module require 3.3V input so I want to ...
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DC 12 V to 2000 V circuit
I want to design a battery operated pest trap (electrocuter). So far I have found out that the electrocuter snaps the insect at about 2000 V when it completes the circuit by landing on 2 nearby wire-...
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Hybrid Boost-Flyback Stability Issue
I tried to design a step up SMPS to create ~200-300v from a 24V input with an expected power of ~12W max. Since the project is for a hobby, I chose to attempt a hybrid boost-flyback converter to get ...
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Help with supplying 3.3v to ESP and temperature/humidity sensor
I'm new to electronics. I've built this:
It's an ESP-01 Wifi chip and a DHT22 temperature/humidity sensor. Now I'd like to power it with batteries instead of an Arduino. The ESP-01 requires 215 mA, ...
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Using 5 V adapter to power 12 V cordless phone
I am trying to power a 12 V 8 W cordless phone using a 5 V 1 A wall adapter.
I am using a step up DC/DC boost converter MT3608 for boosting output from 5 V to 12 V.
Theoretically it works - when I ...
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Need to boost 20vdc to 84vdc 90 watts . Is this a taller feat then a 60v boost circuit? going from usbc breakout board fairchild chipset
I've already made one that goes 60volt, but now have a device that needs 84 volts to the input of a BMS (battery management circuit). 90 watts -- OEM charger is 1.45 amps @84 volts.
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How calculate the transfert function of boost converter with input capacitor?
the Boost converter figure is like this
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5 to 12 V boost converter not boosting
For my power electronics course, I need to design a basic boost converter that is converting 5 V to 12 V with 0.5 A output current. Below you can see the simulation results. MOSFET is driven by 20 kHz ...
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Use multiple batteries in series vs Using a boost converter
I have encountered a circuit that totally confuses me:
I have a simple LED flash light that came with my electric bicycle. The flash light is designed to work with a range of 24V-36V so it can be ...
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Boost Converter (TPS61322): Loop Stability with Large Capacitors
I am using a TPS61322 boost converter to convert a minimum of 1.3V (single-cell alkaline) to 3.3V (using the TPS613221A version). This device needs two passives: an input inductor and an output ...
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3.7V Li-Ion battery powered LED step-up/boost driver
Most quality COB LEDs are driven with around 35V. Are there any quality constant current step-up drivers available that allow a 3.7V Li-Ion battery to be used?
Or would I have to use TI's WEBENCH ...
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Adjustable non-inverting Buck-Boost converter failing right after starting in boost-mode
I am designing an adjustable non-inverting buck-boost converter based on LM5176 chip. Adjusting is done by DAC via feedback network, more on that technique can be found here.
The input voltage is 32V ...
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do I have to separate grounds when using opto-coupler in boost converter?
I have a DC-DC boost converter:
where the mosfet is driven by PWM signal generated with a PIC18F4550.
However, the PWM isn't directly feed in the mosfet. It passes through an opto-coupler first. ...
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paralleling switching regulators
If one has to design a boost power supply that should generate high output current, it can be a solution to parallel multiple boosters and connect their output nodes to each other. Does this approach ...
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Backup power supply boost converter TPS61030
I'm developing a backup power supply using a supercapacitor and a TPS61030 boost converter based on this Texas Instruments circuit design.
This is the circuit shown in the reference guide:
and it ...
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how to choose components for boost converter
I'm relatively new to electronics and I'm trying to make a boost converter for a nixie tube watch that runs off of 3v.
I'm pretty sure that the most current that will be drawn is about 70mA. I'm not ...
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Output voltage of boost converter in shutdown mode (no switching)
Is it common that a boost DCDC converter has an output voltage which is the same as the input voltage, when the switching does not occur?
I'm reading the TPS55340EVM-017 datasheet. In the caption ...
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How to deal with “peaks” voltages in mosfet in boost converter?
I'm designing a Boost Converter to go from 5 [V] to 12 [V]. The design I came with is the following:
To understand better the design, please note the following:
1) To drive the mosfet I'm using a ...
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Buck, Boost..etc Is there always an IC for that?
First of all I am still in school so perhaps I have not been exposed to material that may answer this question for me.
I have recently become interested in power electronics. I have purchased a book ...
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How to convert a wide voltage range (1 V-12 V) to 5 V?
I have an unusual application where the input voltage can vary from 1-12 V DC. This must be converted to 5 V @ ~200-250 mA.
Since there are no available buck-boost converters suitable for this wide ...
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What might be the reason for improper turn on of IGBT
Here I am applying 3-phase rectified dc to the non-isolated boost converter, the magnitude of applied voltage is 450V and desired o/p voltage is 475V. Switching frequency of PWM is 28k. I am using ...
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DC/DC Converter Output Power Rating
Looking at chips such as
AP6502A
TPS5430
The output capability is rated in peak and continuous current. Why are they not rated in terms of power? What output voltage is this current rating for?
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I need 5v@500mA to 12v@5A for 2.5 seconds every 5 minutes
I've run into quite the problem. I have a load that requires 12v@5A for under 2.5 seconds. However, my supply is a USB 5v@500mA. This is not an immediate load. The load will only need to be activated ...
