The bipolar NE555 timer IC is widely used in inductorless dc-dc converters, most frequently in doubling and inverting converters. However, another very popular IC, the LM386 audio amplifier, may be a ...
We’ll start with my power supply. It’s a 143D two amp bench supply from Southwest Technical Products Corporation [8]. It came as a kit, and I built it around 1968. Although admittedly the caps are ...