And use different trannies too, if you can 😉
Yes..... I forgot to stress that also... My CDP has an independent TX + psu + reg for each of the several chips.... and it works 🙂
it's purpose is to output 3.3V from for well regulated 5V input voltage. A single transistor is used as CCS, not very good PSRR.
If you substituted BF862 with 2SK170 you should check biasing resistors and change them accordingly.
If you hear strange echoes, and those echoes is kind of "metallic" or "glassy" sound, then regulator is probably oscillating, check with your scope.
For low 1/f noise (DAC, clock,...) you should use opamp based regulators, like PCM Flea or Walt Jung designs.
oh...i didnt know it needed a good psu. luckily, the reg is fed by a sigma11.
i ve retested it with a small film cap bypassing c2(dont know if it did anything) and now it works ok. it s a good idea to check the biasing resistor, i forgot about that. it may not hurt indeed.
yes i am kind of sceptic about using the shunt regs you guys are doing with digital stuff,
because on the sim graphs the noise increases with frequency and digital chips operate at higher frequency than 20khz. am i not right?
that said, if find the sound a bit smoother with the shunt reg feeding the clock than with the flea, but that is about the only improvement i can hear.
i ve retested it with a small film cap bypassing c2(dont know if it did anything) and now it works ok. it s a good idea to check the biasing resistor, i forgot about that. it may not hurt indeed.
yes i am kind of sceptic about using the shunt regs you guys are doing with digital stuff,
because on the sim graphs the noise increases with frequency and digital chips operate at higher frequency than 20khz. am i not right?
that said, if find the sound a bit smoother with the shunt reg feeding the clock than with the flea, but that is about the only improvement i can hear.
it's at the higher than audio frequencies where a discrete shunt reg is so much better than an IC series reg and really shows where to put the technology to help the digital side.
Sorry, 3.3V reg is not ready yet (v1.2), but I will do it eventually (probably next week), and will post results here.
Salas, I have a noob question somewhat: do I need to change value of R1 for 5V reg ?
Thanks,
Fedor
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Hi guys, pardon for my ignorance. If I were to build the Salas shunt regulator, what sort of noise figure can I expect? My requirement is +5V and nearly 3A current load.
The linear PS I built using LT1085 is giving me <2mV noise on the output with full load. Can the Salas shunt regulator do better than this?
The linear PS I built using LT1085 is giving me <2mV noise on the output with full load. Can the Salas shunt regulator do better than this?
Try V1.0 with remote sensing at such amperage. 1.2 would need to revise its compensation. Don't know exactly about noise. No analyzer available.
I built a few prototypes that ran at about 2A and the noise was less than 100uV p-p ripple. I agree with Salas, if I was to build another high current version v1.0 would be my choice.
What needs 3A? What's the circuit you want to power?
What needs 3A? What's the circuit you want to power?
heat sink question
Heat sink questions:
For low DC 3.3V,5V, 7,5V, 10V, 15V max. 500mA could someone advice a proper heat sink (not chassis)
Thanks in advance
Heat sink questions:
For low DC 3.3V,5V, 7,5V, 10V, 15V max. 500mA could someone advice a proper heat sink (not chassis)
Thanks in advance
Thanks for measuring. That would be 35uV RMS. Used the HP analyzer for that?
P.S. Was it a V1.0 with Zener or Norton Vref?
I bought but are super bigs 10cm x 12 cm x 3,5cm, I want to do one shunt reg. +5V to supply an E-MU 0404 soundcard for a friend but after read this thread I'm not sure if will be a good upgrade
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digital-line-level/113370-e-mu-0404-usb-modification.html
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digital-line-level/113370-e-mu-0404-usb-modification.html
Is the 100uV p-p noise with 2A loaded or unloaded?
My current design is using LT1085 with bypass cap on the ADJ pin and it has 200uV p-p noise when there is no load. When loaded, the noise is a little less than 2mV.
I'm trying to power my entire digital room correction preamp with it. Despite all being digital, some chips are still behaving like analog, such as the ASRC chip. I hear a big sonic improvement with the LPS I just built. I'm wondering if there is any quietier supply out there.
I know there is a groupbuy for the HV MOSFET Salas shunt pcb. Is anyone planning on making a board+groupbuy for this low voltage shunt pcb ? With the blessing of Salas of course. 
We will have to see how THKL's protos will turn out, and maybe we can do something about it, he said that maybe he is willing, but don't count on anything yet.
I know there is a groupbuy for the HV MOSFET Salas shunt pcb. Is anyone planning on making a board+groupbuy for this low voltage shunt pcb ? With the blessing of Salas of course.
Hi! you can fin it here:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/grou...-voltage-shunt-regulator-v-1-0-dac-group.html
Oops, didn't have a look at this thread lately.
It was a while ago when I measured it, before I had the HP. I used my old Tek scope that goes down to 100uV/cm resolution. Take the measurement only as an indication, not the absolute truth. The actual value was smaller than what I reported.
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