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Re: Building an isolated power supply

Posted by balazs.bencs on Oct 01, 2020; 12:18pm
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/Building-an-isolated-power-supply-tp47640p49245.html

Nice builds!

I just built a second pedalboard, because I needed more stuff for another band, and I needed more outlets so I figured I'll make more of these, but I wanted it to be more compact.

This is the PCB I made, using a smaller form factor DC-DC converter (Aimtec AM1SS-1209S-NZ), which is basically the same one I used before, but in thinner, standing format. I drew up a small simple PCB and ordered a prototype from JLCPCB:



With this I was able to cut down the size of it, to fit it under the board easily!

I know it looks a bit wonky, lots of superglue and plastic casing... cause I realized it late that I should plan it using PCB mounted DC jacks, but hey, that's where we all learn from our mistakes.
 


The thing works fine, I omitted the inductor after the converter - just used a 2R2 resistor and no problems, it is dead quiet with my pedals.