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still need some help but now its a work log.

Post by toby dawg » Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:15 pm

Hey i cant find any of the old diagrams that are for my 3.3 volt converter. It is a PT78HT233H from texas instruments, any diagrams would be greatly appreciated. Also im wondering if i will be needing any heat sinks if i have a fan in the case? The converter is from a few years ago before everyone used the 8000 one that im seeing now but they are quite similar and require the same cap and resistor. I realized i might aswell give this another shot since i picked up a cheap n64 at Value village. Thanks. :D
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Re: Need help with an old converter and a heat question

Post by snowpenguin » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:02 pm

There is no point in a fan without heatsinks, and you pretty much NEED heatsinks in your portable, but inversely there is less point in heatsinks without a fan. And to make things easy on yourself, I would just get the six PTH samples from TI.
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Post by marshallh » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:30 pm

http://focus.ti.com/lit/ds/slts057b/slts057b.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There ya go. You need heatsinks, a fan isn't mandatory but will help.
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Post by toby dawg » Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:06 pm

alright alright haha, As for the regulator maybe ill take a picture i know someone is gunna know what im talkin about.

http://img29.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=1000481g.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

yea, i know there are diagrams for this thing but they seem to be hard to find.
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Post by toby dawg » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:02 pm

Well i still need help with that thing, i know someone knows how to set it up i did it a few years ago but dont remember.

Anyway if anyone cares to see heres my progress so far...

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Re: still need some help but now its a work log.

Post by Alie » Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:32 am

On the datasheet posted by marshallh there is the circuit for it...the standard application in the first page...you need only an 100uF electrolityc capacitor...and if you want also a 1uF ceramic capacitor to reduce disturbs.

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Post by HotDog-Cart » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:49 am

Make sure you read my tip about heatsinks and how to make them perform better.

Heres a link to the thread.

http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32489" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Post by toby dawg » Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:55 pm

Oh thanks Marshallh i didnt notice that, Also thanks everyone else. I hope this will work for me. I got the caps i need ill wire this thing up later and measure the voltage.

yes i got 3.3 volts right on
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Post by toby dawg » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:46 pm

Its almost done but i gotta know can u fry a n64 controller if hooked up backwards... its 3rd party.... The system wont recognize it and ive checked everything with a multi meter aswell....
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Post by eurddrue » Sat Aug 08, 2009 4:55 pm

toby dawg wrote:Its almost done but i gotta know can u fry a n64 controller if hooked up backwards... its 3rd party.... The system wont recognize it and ive checked everything with a multi meter aswell....
Yep, I did that :cry:
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chainfire95 wrote:220V I believe
I think we should check to see if you can withstand 220 volts

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