build 5v power supply

build 5v power supply

Simple 5V power supply for digital circuits
This circuit is a small +5V power supply, which is useful when experimenting with digital electronics. Small inexpensive wall tranformers with variable output voltage are available from any electronics shop and supermarket. Those transformers are easily available, but usually their voltage regulation is very poor, which makes then not very usable for digital circuit experimenter unless a better regulation can be achieved in some way. The following circuit is the answer to the problem


Building the 5V Regulated Power Supply
a stripboard layout for the 5V regulated power supply shown in figure 4. The layout does not include the transformer block, so the input to the board needs to be 7 - 35V AC from a suitable transformer. The layout includes space for two optional 2-way screw terminal blocks to make connecting up the power supply easier.