Technological Institute of the Philippines

#938 Aurora Boulevard, Cubao, Quezon City

College of Engineering and Architecture

Electronics Engineering Department

Variable Power Supply

Submitted by:
De Leon, Kay-C
Guevarra, Richard John
Magtangob, Jan Bernabe
Mendoza, Khenery
Nalugon, Stephen John
Nicor, Jenelyn

Submitted to:

Engr. Mark Nelson E. Pangilinan

Date:
 Oct 1, 2019
Table of Contents

I. Acknowledgement
II. Introduction

III. Objective/s

IV. Scope and limitations

V. Methodology

VI. Data and results

VII. List of materials

VIII. Recommendation

IX. Conclusion

X. Appendix (Images, Computations)

 Acknowledgement

The Field of Computer Engineering requires knowledge about electronics and

circuit as a part of the curriculum. In this project, This group designed a variable power
supply to apply the conversion of AC to DC. In this project, the researcher used a
voltage regulator for the desired output. Having a range of 3 to 12 maximum voltage
output, dual polarity, adjustable, DC regulated.
 Introduction
” Virtually every piece of electronic equipment in the world today is powered from

a DC source: this source may be either a battery or a power supply” (Sinpro, 2006). As

stated by the author, humans nowadays require a DC power source, but one that is also

well-regulated and well-filtered. There are three types of electronic power conversion

devices that is commonly used today: the AC/DC Power Supply, the DC/DC Converter,

and the DC/AC inverter. However, we would be designing an AC to DC power supply. It

required a particular set of skills, bordering on soldering, drilling and PCB designing.

Our DC power supply uses AC as an energy source. For our power supply, we

employed a transformer to convert the input voltage to a higher or lower AC voltage.

The rectifier of our power supply is used to convert the transformer output voltage to a

varying DC voltage, which in turn is passed through an electronic filter to convert it to a

regulated DC voltage. The filter removes most, but not all of the AC voltage variations;

the remaining voltage variations are known as ripple.

In some applications, ripple is tolerated and therefore no filtering is required.

However, with capacitors in place in our power supply, it should erase errors and ripples

during the testing and operating function of our power supply. This paper will be

supplemental to upcoming students and professors who will recommence with

Electronic Devices and Circuits 1.

 Objectives
This project intends to elaborate what power supplies are, how they operate, and
how to construct them. This may also serve as a reference material to anyone
interested in building this type of power supply.

 General Objective
The objective of this project is to design and create a power supply with an
output supply voltage of 3 volts to 12 volts using the full wave bridge rectifier
theory.
 Specific Objectives
 To create a variable power supply that can be used to power electronic
devices.
 To create a case from an existing object to support positive volts.

Scope and limitations

The efficiency, design and general utilization of the project is confined to the
design of the power supply circuit, and the rating of the electronic components used.

The study and evaluation of the power supply is limited only to its voltage and
current specifications. Detailed study on its output waveform, system efficiency,
frequency considerations, and other minor electrical parameters are not included in this
paper. The DC power is able to convert AC voltage of 220V to a desired DC output
voltage of 3V to 12V using voltage.

This paper will discuss the specification, construction, design, and evaluation of
the power supply, which was prepared, built, and tested within a one -month period.

Methodology
 Fig. Block Diagram of a DC Power Supply

Fig. Methods and analyzation in building this project

 Data and Results

Number of Trial Process Result Assessment

1st trial Testing of the Complete The Output reveal

Power Supply to measure from
3V to 12V, but the
Voltage output
sometimes
reaches to 3V to
12V

2nd trial Measuring the 3V Complete Output measured

to 12V output from 3 reading to
3V to 12V

3rd`trial Measuring 3V to Complete Output measured

12V output 3V reading to 12v
ranges to 12v

4th Trial Putting fuse to the Complete Output measured

Power Supply the same. For
safety purposes

5th Trial Applying Switch to Complete Output stays the

the Power Supply same. For
conservation of
electricity

This table shows the evaluation, testing and calibration for the exact required
Voltage

List of Materials
Component Quantity
Power Cord Plug 1 piece
 Switch 1 piece

Fuse (1A) 1 piece

Transformer 220v 1A to +24v to -24v 1 piece

1N4007 Diode 4 pieces

2200 µF Electrolytic Capacitor 2 pieces

1kΩ Resistor 1/4w 1 piece

Blue Light LED 1 piece

Voltage Regulator LM317 1 piece

Voltage Regulator LM337 1 piece

10kΩ Trimmer Resistor 2 pieces

450Ω Resistor 1/4w 2 pieces

1 µF Ceramic Capacitor 2 pieces

5kΩ Potentiometer 2 pieces

Casing 1 piece

Connecting Stranded wires 2 meters

Heat Shrink 1 meter

 Recommendation
Each component can be adjusted to reach the required results like changing the
use of transformer due to unavailability or budget limitation, revision in the schematic is
needed and components originally planned needs to replace with a different value to
have similar results. For this project we had to choose components that were
conservatively rated, to give us the most reliability with our circuit.

Conclusion

The figures and schematic presented makes conclusive marks that the AC-DC power
supply is in good electrical condition and satisfies the expected results of having an output of 3v
to 12v. An AC input can be connected to the system to obtain a clean DC output.
 Appendix (Images, Computations)
Appendix A: LM317 datasheet
AppendixB:LM337datasheet