Title: My ATX Breakout Board Bench-Top Power Supply Build
Post by: ryemac3 on September 19, 2014, 04:41:16 am
Post by: ryemac3 on September 19, 2014, 04:41:16 am
It took 3 weeks for my ATX Breakout Board to arrive from Seeed, but I finally got it! I was so excited to finally be able to make a bench-top power supply. I've always wanted one, just never got around to buying one. They can be so expensive. I figured for the $15 bucks the breakout board costs, I could just make one with an old ATX power supply.
Here's the 250W ATX Power Supply from an old Dell that kicked the bucket. More than enough juice for the average Arduino project.
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I promptly disassembled the power supply and gutted it. I removed all the unnecessary bulk and just kept the 8 wires that I needed for the breakout.
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I cut a new slot out the back and rerouted the cables from the front to the back.
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This way, all the wires and power cord are on the back. Nice and clean.
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For the finishing touches, I pimped it out with some geeky stickers.
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Works like a charm.
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If you want to check out my build-log for the project, I have a whole blog post up on my hobby site:
KevinRye.net - Bench-Top Power Supply (http://http://kevinrye.net/files/bench_top_power_supply_part2.php)
Here's the 250W ATX Power Supply from an old Dell that kicked the bucket. More than enough juice for the average Arduino project.
[attachment=5]
I promptly disassembled the power supply and gutted it. I removed all the unnecessary bulk and just kept the 8 wires that I needed for the breakout.
[attachment=4]
I cut a new slot out the back and rerouted the cables from the front to the back.
[attachment=3]
This way, all the wires and power cord are on the back. Nice and clean.
[attachment=2]
For the finishing touches, I pimped it out with some geeky stickers.
[attachment=1]
Works like a charm.
[attachment=0]
If you want to check out my build-log for the project, I have a whole blog post up on my hobby site:
KevinRye.net - Bench-Top Power Supply (http://http://kevinrye.net/files/bench_top_power_supply_part2.php)