Edgaras006
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Hello everybody,
I am designing a power supply analyzer which will monitor your power supply output voltage ripple and I would like to have some feedback from the community (weather or not you would be interested in such device).
Output voltage ripple is one of the most important parameters for any switching power supply, because it shows the quality of output voltage, but not only that. It also reveals when the power supply is reaching its load limit or when output/input capacitors need to be replaced. I know caps are not the only point of failure in power supplies, but in 99,9% cases it is, so I believe we can rely on that.
For example, when overclocking system with several 12V rails you might be approaching power limit on a single rail, but drawing way less than rated power supply power. My analyzer would show that. Also, you would be able to see how your power supply ages, because output voltage ripple increase over time. When it goes over ATX specification limit alarm will warn you about that.
This device is far from complete but this is how it looks now (3D render attached). Schematics design is half completed.
I would like to hear if you would be interested in a device like this or maybe you would like to have some features which I did not mention.
I am designing a power supply analyzer which will monitor your power supply output voltage ripple and I would like to have some feedback from the community (weather or not you would be interested in such device).
Output voltage ripple is one of the most important parameters for any switching power supply, because it shows the quality of output voltage, but not only that. It also reveals when the power supply is reaching its load limit or when output/input capacitors need to be replaced. I know caps are not the only point of failure in power supplies, but in 99,9% cases it is, so I believe we can rely on that.
For example, when overclocking system with several 12V rails you might be approaching power limit on a single rail, but drawing way less than rated power supply power. My analyzer would show that. Also, you would be able to see how your power supply ages, because output voltage ripple increase over time. When it goes over ATX specification limit alarm will warn you about that.
This device is far from complete but this is how it looks now (3D render attached). Schematics design is half completed.
I would like to hear if you would be interested in a device like this or maybe you would like to have some features which I did not mention.