[SGVHAK] recommendations for bench power supply

[James McDuffie]

You may consider converting an ATX power supply if all you need is 5, 12 and possibly 3.3v depending on the power supply. It's a great way to reuse parts from old power supplies.

You can use this board to make the project brain dead simple to build:
http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/06/28/new-prototype-atx-breakout-board/

That board is out of stock but is open hardware so you'd just need to get the board from a fab shop and parts.

On March 12, 2016 9:32:18 AM PST, Lan Dang via HAK <hak at sgvhak.net> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>What would you recommend for an portable bench power supply for a
>novice mostly playing around with Arduinos?  I was inspired by our
>recent session at Tux-Lab examining old electronic components, where we
>were able to hook LEDs directly to the power supply because we could
>control the current.  
>
>
>I thought it would be nice to add this piece of equipment to the stuff
>I normally carry around to HAK meetings and Repair Cafe--hence needing
>it to be portable, as well.
>
>I'd like to buy one before our next Repair Cafe/Saturday HAK meeting.  
>
>Recommendations please.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Lan
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