Hobby Circuit - Isolated Power Supply for Digital Panel Meters

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More Display Circuits Isolated Power Supply for Digital Panel Meters September 13, 2008 Many inexpensive digital panel meters, such as the one shown below, are designed to operate from a 9v battery. However, the nature of the panel meter internal design often requires that the DC supply used to power the device be isolated from the ground terminal of the panel meters input. This often makes it difficult to use with a common connection between a DC power supply ground and a sensors circuit ground. But, you can generate this floating voltage fairly easily using the simple circuit below. This hobby circuit below is powered from a 12v to 15v supply and generates a 100KHz square wave signal, using a CMOS version of the 555 timer. This AC voltage is rectified and limited to +9v using a charge pump method. The two 0.01uF capacitors maintain a floating voltage for the panel meter, so its voltmeter ground input can also be connected to the DC power supply ground.

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+12V

750 R1 4148 1N4744 D1 15V 8 4 3 1N4739 0.01uF D1 9V D3 0.01uF C5 + 10uF C6

+9V

TLC555

ISOLATED VOLTAGE 1mA MAX

6.8K R1 6 2

C3

4148 D2

+ 10uF C1 16V

GND 0.001uF C2 0.01uF C4

A1
100KHz

ISOLATED 9V DC SUPPLY
FOR DIGITAL PANEL METERS

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Title

FLOATING 9V SUPPLY FOR PANEL METERS

Size Document Number Rev

A
Date:

ISOLATED9VSUPPLY2.DSN Saturday, September 13, 2008

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