homemade-circuits

If you have ever tried building a high-power inverter, a high-frequency induction heater, or just a solid adjustable lab bench power supply, you already know that controlling both the voltage and current at the same time is an absolute nightmare. Most builders just grab the standard application circuit from the SG3525 datasheet, wire up a […]

If you want to build a very heavy power inverter or when you want to make a high frequency induction heater, or when you want to make a lab grade variable SMPS, then getting precise control over both output voltage and current is a major engineering hurdle. Most standard designs using the classic SG3525 PWM […]

You can use this calculator in your workshop or while designing an SMPS prototype, to find the exact physical gap required between your ferrite core pieces to hit your target inductance. Flyback Transformer Air Gap Calculator Flyback Transformer Air Gap Calculator Target Primary Inductance (Lp in µH): Primary Winding Turns (Np): Core Cross-Section Area (Ae […]

In this post I will explain you all the simple formulas, step by step, which you can use for designing and building professional grade 220V AC SMPS flyback converter circuits. As we know the SMPS transformer is the heart of an SMPS design, so here we will learn all the steps, one by step, using […]

Normally an electric fence charger keeps sending short high voltage pulses into the fence wire. Under normal conditions only a very tiny leakage current moves through the fence line, but when some animal comes and touches the fence then suddenly much more current flows through the animal and then into the ground. So now this […]