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Hobby - Grade

Here's some information about a few things I built during spare time.
These are hobby projects built at home. So don't expect high tech stuff. There's no warranty at all that you can reproduce a working copy. I put it online in the hope that someone can use it to get an idea on how similar things could be built.

Battery Monitor (aka battery watchdog) & Temperature Logging Device

This device indicates whether the voltage of 8 batteries is more or less equal. Furthermore it can log the temperatures of 3 sensors each hour during about 450 days. The logged data can be downloaded via RS232 to a PC. Software with GUI to display the data exists (linux, gtk2, opengl required.).

More about it (schematics, pcb layout, firmware, ...)

the pcb

Switch-Box with 4 Relais and 4 Triac Outputs at 250 Vac / 16A

This is a device capable of controlling 4 outputs with relais and 4 with triacs. It is designed for European 250 V / 50 Hz line voltages. The maximum current is 16A at the input and any output. It's controllable by two ways. There's a detached console with 10 buttons and a 5V RS232 interface.

More about it...

the pcbs

Professional - Grade

These pieces make use of development and production techniques usually not available for small hobby projects. I developed some of this hardware in cooperation with other people.
I present here only the hardware ready for public disclosure. So the content probably remains limited to semester and diploma thesis'.

600W PFC Power-Supply with 400V DC Output

This project was my 2nd semester thesis at the ETH.

There's more about it in the report:
downloadlem0502-report.pdf [4 MB, 2005-09-24, sig]

the pcbs

Flyback Converter with special EMC Requirements

This project was my diploma thesis at the ETH. The result is a flyback converter with specially low conducted noise. It is used as a power supply for high freqeuency linear amplifiers and control circuits of larger converters.

There's more about it in the report:
downloadlem0517-srf.ch-simplex.pdf [3 MB, 2006-04-12, sig]

the pcbs