Question #111907
Design and draw voltage regulator to provide 4 to 10V variable output voltage using IC 7812.
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Expert's answer
2020-04-28T09:47:52-0400

Consider the following very simple scheme:



IC 7812 is a voltage regulator with the output voltage of VIC7812=12 VV_\text{IC7812}=12 \text{ V} (see the last two numbers after 78) and input voltage of 14.6 - 35VDC​. We need a variable output voltage 4 to 10 V, therefore, we can use a voltage divider:


R2=R11VIC7812/Vout1,R_{2}=R_1\frac{1}{V_\text{IC7812}/V_\text{out}-1},

which gives R2=5R1R_2=5R_1 for Vout=10 VV_\text{out}=10 \text{ V} and R2=0.5R1R_2=0.5R_1 for Vout=4 VV_\text{out}=4 \text{ V}.


We can choose R1=10 ΩR_1=10\space\Omega and a variable resistance R2R_2 that would provide resistances 5 to 50 Ω. Keep in mind that the load resistance must be many times higher than the resistance of the voltage divider, so you may prefer choosing another rheostat or potentiometer.


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