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F-Stop enlarging timer and print exposure meter
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Replace AC/DC converter brick on the power board #39

Closed dkonigsberg closed 11 months ago

dkonigsberg commented 1 year ago

The current (Rev A) power board uses a Mean Well IRM-10-12 AC/DC converter brick. While this part does work, it unfortunately has terrible EMC performance and would likely cause the unit to fail a conducted emissions test. Using it would likely necessitate additional filter components on the power board, which would add cost and complexity.

As of the latest round of testing, the most likely candidate to replace this part is the Recom RAC10E-K/277. So far, it seems to have significantly better EMC performance on a conducted emissions test, and may end up meeting all the requirements as-is without additional filtering. Furthermore, it has the same size, footprint, pin-out, and cost as the IRM-10-12, so its essentially a drop-in replacement.