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Issue #206 September 2007
Smart Power
An Intelligent Power Supply for Embedded Systems
by Alexander Popov & Jordan Popov

Start | Hardware | Software | Calibration | Voltage Presets | Slowly Rising Voltage | Slowly Falling Voltage | Short Time Test | Periodcal Linear Voltage | Periodical Voltage Drops | Future Development | Sources & PDF

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Alexander Popov (sasho@popovbrothers.com) has an M.E. in Communication Technologies from the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria, and a Specialist’s degree from ELSYS high school. He is currently an embedded systems developer at SmartCom, Bulgaria, working as a subcontractor for IBM.

Jordan Popov holds an M.E. in Computer Systems from the Technical University of Sofia. He has more than 20 inventions to his name. Jordan runs a small business that develops and manufactures custom electronic products. You may reach him at jordan@popovbrothers.com.

PROJECT FILES

To download code, go to ftp://ftp.circuitcellar.com/pub/Circuit_Cellar/2007/206

RESOURCES

Microchip Technology, “TC1321: 10-Bit Digital-to-Analog Converter With Two-Wire Interface,” DS21387B, 2002.

National Semiconductor, “LM723/723C Voltage Regulator,” DS008563, 1999.

M. Thomas, “AVR-Projects,” 2007, www.siwawi.arubi.uni-kl.de/avr_projects.

SOURCES

ATmega169V and Butterfly
Atmel Corp.
www.atmel.com

HT7533-1 Voltage regulator
Holtek Semiconductor, Inc.
www.holtek.com

TC1321 DAC
Microchip Technology, Inc.
www.microchip.com

LM723 Voltage regulator
National Semiconductor Corp.
www.national.com

GCC Compiler
WinAVR
http://winavr.sourceforge.net

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