In Reply to: RE: So I'm listening to the Mac Mini on a linear power supply..... posted by audioengr on December 28, 2014 at 19:32:08:
The Mac Mini (and most if not all motherboards) use switchers to do their DC-DC conversion. (An example would be generating a CPU core voltage around 1.0 volts from a 12 volt bus.) Switchers work by disconnecting the source supply from the load (e.g. through a flyback circuit) for significant portions of the switching cycle.
Given that the load is disconnected from the source much of the time, why is system performance determined by the "speed" of the regulation of the source power supply?
Tony Lauck
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- Here's a question for you. - Tony Lauck 12/29/1408:56:54 12/29/14 (12)
- So what? - fmak 05:39:52 01/3/15 (0)
- RE: Here's a question for you. - audioengr 09:20:14 12/29/14 (10)
- RE: Here's a question for you. - Tony Lauck 09:25:53 12/29/14 (9)
- RE: Here's a question for you. - audioengr 09:27:58 12/30/14 (6)
- RE: Here's a question for you. - Tony Lauck 10:08:28 12/30/14 (5)
- Generalities Stuck in?. - fmak 17:22:10 01/2/15 (4)
- RE: Generalities Stuck in?. - Tony Lauck 17:32:58 01/2/15 (3)
- RE: Generalities Stuck in?.Your response - fmak 02:26:35 01/3/15 (2)
- FYI - Load Transient performance and Regulation go hand in hand..... - AbeCollins 06:29:34 01/4/15 (1)
- RE: FYI - Load Transient performance and Regulation go hand in hand..... - terryNYC 06:05:23 08/14/15 (0)
- RE: Here's a question for you. - Gordon Rankin 08:09:15 12/30/14 (1)
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