Tks
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I don't know jack about this, but I always see people complaining about:
"oh linear" "oh switching" "oh DC-DC" "oh AC" "oh external" "oh internal" "oh 5v" "oh 12v" "oh even higher volt" "oh it's a massive wall wart" "oh it's USB powered and small" "oh can't be used in the US"
and all sorts of other things about power supplies. What is actually some of the benefits or downsides of choosing one over another (don't really care too much about "sonic commentary" seeing as how all sorts of power supplies are being used in all sorts of high performance products. I'm more interested in what's harder to work with, or which costs less, which approach makes more sense where. Etc...
If anyone has any noob reading material about this, and why there is much varience, I'd really love to learn about it (can't stress the noob part enough, this stuff goes way over my head).
EDIT: One other thing, are power supplies impossible to build on your own that rival OEM's? I don't see even companies doing this in the same way I don't see companies building their own IC's, instead of simply buying stuff off the shelf.
"oh linear" "oh switching" "oh DC-DC" "oh AC" "oh external" "oh internal" "oh 5v" "oh 12v" "oh even higher volt" "oh it's a massive wall wart" "oh it's USB powered and small" "oh can't be used in the US"
and all sorts of other things about power supplies. What is actually some of the benefits or downsides of choosing one over another (don't really care too much about "sonic commentary" seeing as how all sorts of power supplies are being used in all sorts of high performance products. I'm more interested in what's harder to work with, or which costs less, which approach makes more sense where. Etc...
If anyone has any noob reading material about this, and why there is much varience, I'd really love to learn about it (can't stress the noob part enough, this stuff goes way over my head).
EDIT: One other thing, are power supplies impossible to build on your own that rival OEM's? I don't see even companies doing this in the same way I don't see companies building their own IC's, instead of simply buying stuff off the shelf.