How much offset can you trim away with the trimmers? I guess one need about 15K to get rid of +10V offset (with 2 x 500K resistors in the voltage divider).
I’m using a single cathode resistor. When you are using two 3300R resistors, as on your board, I guess that is equivalent to one 1650R. If you follow silk screen you will get -100V or so on output. You probably need to double resistor values. Maybe someone out there can tell more about this.
Thanks. XGL6020 inductors are probably excellent. With TPS62913 I use Wurth 2.2uH 4.4 x 4.1 mm, which works all right.
I don’t change anything when switching between 300B and 2A3 (except from filament voltage). Both tubes need 3.6K cathode resistors @20mA. EL34 needs 1.6K and EML 20B needs 0.6K.
I use small daughter boards with resistors and jumpers to change cathode resistance.
With help of above Mini Hot Plate I managed to build another three small regulators.
Here they are on a “motherboard” with rectifiers and electrolytics to achieve 12VCD. The trimmers are for adjusting output voltage, 2.5V for 2A3 and 5V for 300B.
Now I want a regulator for 6,3V and 7.5V. The buck converter above is limited to 5.5V, so might try LMQ66430. @Shawn What inductor did you use with LMQ66430?
I used a Mini Hot Plate when soldering the buck converter and inductor. First a thin layer of solder and then up on the plate. 150 degrees Celsius for a minute before up to 250. Rest of components are hand soldered.
Thanks for the bridge tip. I have some small Schottky bridge rectifiers (CDBHD240-G) I intend to try first.
Thanks to @Shawn, who found the device used in Elekit filament supply module, I now have a working DHT switched mode filament regulator ”prototype” (in red circle).
Board size 23mm x 15mm (0.9in x 0.6in)
Soldering looks awful, but remember my eyes are 69 years old and my hands are not that steady.
I don't what chip it is.
Marking might be???? Very hard to see.
26QH
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Including in curcuit is also dual comparator 2093B and .05R sense resistor.
Good luck and looking forward a report.
Nice idea. If you can implement an auto detect function as well – like Elekit has done with TU-8900.
Power module…
filament supply in black square,
and the tiny - 2mm x 2mm - step-down converter.