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12V DC to 12V AC (50 Hz) Converter / Inverter for low loads (< 1A)

I am building a mobile Sound System powered by a car battery. I have a small mixing table that runs on 12V but it needs AC Power (50Hz) and won't work with DC (I tried that, with very weird results).

Currently I am using a 12V to 230V Inverter and the provided power supply to convert it back to 12V alternating current. This seems wasteful and I do not want to introduce another voltage level into my design just to power the mixing board.

How could one build a simple circuit that does this? I have basic electronics skills (soldering, know about resistance, voltage, current) but never build a circuit board. I would prefer to avoid opening the device, except it is very easy to do the modifications.

The mixing board is a Renkforce MX260 USB DJ Mixer, Manual can be found here: https://www.kirstein.de/docs/manuals/pr-dx26-dten-0914.pdf

circuit board from above

power input

power input part of circuit board

back of circuit board

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