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adjustable power supply??

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i looking to get a adjustable power supply ready for one my kit comes, ive been thinking about making the kit on the site but found this on maplin and wondered if it would be ok? also how do you power it? could I just hook up a 9v battery to it?
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http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/k18231a-power ... -kit-ve58n

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Re: adjustable power supply??

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From my personal experience I don't find the adjustable power supply important; it's useful for calibrating the oscillator during assembly. However calibrating the oscillator once the xoxbox is complete is much easier (and doesn't require the adjustable power supply).

Anyway, if you want to build it it should be fairly simple.
It requires AC so a 9V battery (which provides DC) wouldn't work at all. You could get a AC "wall wart" power supply; 9V would be fine. You could also order a socket so you can easier connect this one to the adjustable power supply.

But, as I said - I don't consider the adjustable supply necessary.

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Re: adjustable power supply??

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Thanks for your reply, so I could leave the fine tuning till the end, I think I might do that too as the adjustable supply seems a pain, hopefully be receiving it next week so let the build commence :-)

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