Switching Power Supplies

Description: This learning module is provided by Work-Ready Electronics and covers switching power supplies. Work-Ready Electronics modules are intended to be used either independently or integrated with current electronics curricula in college programs. This module is divided into three sections: Content, Knowledge Probes, and Learning Activities.Contents:The Content section includes four PDF documents that cover the following topics: switching power supplies; advantages, disadvantages, and troubleshooting; DC-DC converters: charge pumps, forward converters, and flyback converters; and inverters, UPS, and the hysteresis curve. Four Knowledge Probes are included in this learning module. The Knowledge Probes include learning objectives and a short quiz. Each Knowledge Probe corresponds to a topic covered in the Content section. The Learning Activities section includes a Disassembly and Analysis of Switching Power Supplies drill-down report, an Internet Research on Switching Power Supplies drill-down report, a DC-DC Converters lab activity, and a Switching Power Supplies interactive simulation. Two files related to the interactive simulation are also included.The learning module also includes a 1-page book reference document. For orientation purposes the 'SMPS Basics and Switching Regulators' PDF is included as a separate attachment and offers a sample of the type of material included in this collection. Below is a list of the files contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis. Switching Power Supplies (20 files, 16.5 MB)ContentSMPS: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Troubleshooting (Advantages, Disadvantages and Troubleshooting.pdf 844 KB)DC-DC Converters: Charge Pumps, Forward Converters, and Flyback Converters (DC DC Converters.pdf 4.2 MB)Inverters, UPS, and the Hysteresis Curve (Inverters, UPS, and the Hysteresis Curve.pdf 2 MB)Switching Power Supplies (SMPS Basics and Switching Regulators.pdf 6.9 MB) Knowledge ProbesBasics and Switching Regulators (kp1q.pdf 137 KB)DC Converters: Charge Pumps, Forward Converters, and Flyback Converters (kp2q.pdf 137 KB)Inverters, UPS, and the Hysteresis Curve (kp3q.pdf 129 KB)Advantages, Disadvantages, and Troubleshooting (kp4q.pdf 105 KB)Learning ActivitiesDisassembly and Analysis of Switching Power Supplies (drilldown01.pdf 195 KB)Internet Research on Switching Power Supplies (drilldown02.pdf 188 KB)EW_lab01 (1)(555charg.ms8 112 KB)(555Vmult.ms8 192 KB)Switching Power Supplies (EW_lab01.pdf 942 KBDC-DC Converters (lab_01.pdf 355 KB)Book References (references.pdf 49 KB)Â