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07 Power Supply Design
07 Power Supply Design
PowerSupplyDesign
2010010815:01:53byNick
OneofthefundamentalcomponentsthateveryTHATmodulewillneedisaPoweroverethernet(PoE)power
supply.Althoughnotrequired,itislikelythatmostTHATmoduleswillmakeuseofidenticalorverysimilar
powersupplies.
Withthisinmind,IbeganthedesignprocessforapowersupplysubmodulewhichIplantouseaspartof
myDigitalThermostatModuleandwhichcouldbeadesignusedfortheothermodules.
Thepowersupplymodulehastwoinputsources(PoEandexternalAC/DCinput)andtwooutputs(5and3.3
VoltsDC).The5VDCsourceisusedtopowerthemicrocontroller,LCDmodule,andmostperipherals.The
3.3VDCsourceisnecessaryforpoweringtheethernetcontrollerICanditsperipherals,astheydonotsupport
5VDCoperation.The3.3VDCwasnotusedexclusivelytopowertheentiresystemduetothefollowing
reasons:
Themicrocontrollercannotoperateatfullspeedunlesspoweredfroma5VDCsource.
MostoftheLCDmoduleswhicharegoodcandidatesforthisprojectare5VDConly.
Using3.3Vperipheralswoulddrawmorecurrent,resultinginlargercircuitboardtraces.
Powerlossesintheregulatorswouldincrease.
TohandlethePoEfunctionality,aspertheIEEE802.3afstandard,IhaveselectedaPoEmodulefromthe
manufacturerSilver.ThemodelIwillbeusingistheSilverAg9400SPoEpowersupplymodule.This
modulesinhardwarehandlesthehandshakeprocedureforidentifyingandobtainingpowerfromaPoE
poweringdeviceandoutputsregulated5VoltsDC.
Togenerateregulated5VoltsDCfromtheauxilaryAC/DCinput,IhaveselectedtheLM2575IC.Thisdevice
utilizesacoupleexternalcomponentstocreateahighefficiencybuckconverter,whichisonetypeofswitch
modepowersupply(SMPS).Fromeither5VoltDCsourcelistedabove,IthenchoseaMC33269IC,whichis
alinearregulator,toprovideregulated3.3VoltsDC.
Thepreliminaryschematicforthepowersupply(version0.2)isshownbelow,alongwithasuggestedpartslist
tobuildthesupply.