<html><head></head><body>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.<br>
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You can use this board to make the project brain dead simple to build:<br>
<a href="http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/06/28/new-prototype-atx-breakout-board">http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/06/28/new-prototype-atx-breakout-board</a>/<br>
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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.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On March 12, 2016 9:32:18 AM PST, Lan Dang via HAK <hak@sgvhak.net> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">Hi all,<br /><br />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. <br /><br /><br />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.<br /><br />I'd like to buy one before our next Repair Cafe/Saturday HAK meeting. <br /><br />Recommendations please.<br /><br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Lan<br /><br /></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>