TODAY WE WILL MAKE A DC-DC REGULATOR WE CAN MAKE IT VARIABLE AS WELL AS FIXED

GERBER PCB:

https://mega.nz/file/yJxiXZIC#rvwFU3Tz7Rpd82yL4bCMoZEM8mcLInPddB-ERkY3VII

Like all my projects, I share the schematic diagram so that you can do it yourself. The schematic diagram was designed in EASYEDA, a very professional and free electronic circuit design software, we can observe the electronic components that we use for this project and their respective values.

This is an LM2596 DC-DC buck converter step-down power module with high-precision potentiometer for adjusting output voltage, capable of driving a load up to 3A with high efficiency. When the output current required is greater than 2.5A(10W) an external heatsink is suggested. Use on board switch to change display measurement between the input or output voltage, and a LED indicate which value(IN/OUT) is being measured. This setting is stored even after power off. Voltmeter can be turned off, just keep the switch pressed for 1 second and leave it. Adjust Input and output voltage measurement error offset – long press switch for 4 seconds or more, the digital display flashes, then short press the button to change the value of output (values range from -0.5 to 0.5, the unit is V), a positive number indicates an upward calibration, negative downward calibration. Now press the button again for adjust input offset in same manner.

LM 2596 DC Buck Converter Module

• Conversion efficiency: 92%(highest)
• Switching frequency: 150KHz
• Output ripple: 30mA9maximum)
• Load Regulation: ± 0.5%
• Voltage Regulation: ± 0.5%
• Dynamic Response speed: 5% 200uS
• Input voltage:4.0-35V
• Output voltage:1.25-30V(Adjustable)
• Output current: Rated current is 2A,maximum 3A(Additional heat sink is required)
• Conversion Efficiency: Up to 92% (output voltage higher, the higher the efficiency)
• Switching Frequency: 150KHz
• Rectifier: Non-Synchronous Rectification
• Module Properties: Non-isolated step-down module (buck)
• Short Circuit Protection: Current limiting, since the recovery
• Operating Temperature: Industrial grade (-40 to +85 ) (output power 10W or less)

Buck Converter Used For

DC to DC converters are used in portable electronic devices such as cellular phones and laptop computers, which are supplied with power from batteries primarily. Such electronic devices often contain several sub-circuits, each with its own voltage level requirement different from that supplied by the battery or an external supply (sometimes higher or lower than the supply voltage). Additionally, the battery voltage declines as its stored energy is drained. Switched DC to DC converters offer a method to increase voltage from a partially lowered battery voltage thereby saving space instead of using multiple batteries to accomplish the same thing.

Most DC to DC converter Like LM 2596 Buck Converter circuits also regulate the output voltage. Some exceptions include high-efficiency LED power sources, which are a kind of DC to DC converter that regulates the current through the LEDs, and simple charge pumps which double or triple the output voltage.

DC to DC converters developed to maximize the energy harvest for photovoltaic systems and for wind turbines are called power optimizers.

Transformers used for voltage conversion at mains frequencies of 50–60 Hz must be large and heavy for powers exceeding a few watts. This makes them expensive, and they are subject to energy losses in their windings and due to eddy currents in their cores. DC-to-DC techniques that use transformers or inductors work at much higher frequencies, requiring only much smaller, lighter, and cheaper wound components. Consequently these techniques are used even where a mains transformer could be used; for example, for domestic electronic appliances it is preferable to rectify mains voltage to DC, use switch-mode techniques to convert it to high-frequency AC at the desired voltage, then, usually, rectify to DC. The entire complex circuit is cheaper and more efficient than a simple mains transformer circuit of the same output.

This project was made in the Easyeda software as we can see the tracks and the 3D image of the project working perfectly are no difficulty

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GERBER PCB:

https://mega.nz/file/yJxiXZIC#rvwFU3Tz7Rpd82yL4bCMoZEM8mcLInPddB-ERkY3VII