A power supply that incorporates a voltage regulator is called a regulated power supply.
Ic regulated power supply circuit diagram.
Making a fixed 12v regulator circuit.
But it still has the same characteristics as a fixed regulated power supply.
Adjustable power supply circuit.
230v 12v step down transformer bridge rectifier or 4 pn diodes 1n4007 1a fuse 1000μf capacitor 7805 voltage regulator ic 0 22μf capacitor 0 1μf capacitor 1n4007 diode.
The following image shows the circuit diagram of producing a regulated 5v from ac mains supply.
Nowadays all the power supplies use ic s to reduce ripples enhance voltage regulation and for widened control options.
When there is quite a distance in cms from the ic to the filter capacitor of the unregulated power supply there may occur unwanted oscillations within the ic due to lead inductances within the circuit.
In case you wanted to achieve a fixed 12v regulated power supply the same configuration could be applied for getting the required results as shown below.
What is a variable power supply.
Pins 1 2 and 3 are the input output and ground.
The internal circuitry of a regulated power supply also contains certain current limiting circuits which help the supply circuit from getting fried from inadvertent circuits.
Voltage regulator ics are inexpensive under two dollars and with just three pins to connect easy to.
It will keep a stable voltage when it has any load.
You can design your own voltage regulator circuit but it s far too easy to buy one of the many available integrated circuit ic voltage regulators.
In the above diagram we can see how an ordinary 7805 regulator ic could be used for creating a fixed 5v regulated output.