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Win a Tenma Power Supply

Congratulations to our winners!

Wow! You guys came up with some really creative ideas! There were over 100 individual ideas submitted and they were a blast to read through.

 

The winner of the Tenma Supply is Andrew J!

His submission literally made James laugh out loud: turning the supply into a mouse to scare a cat.

 

Congrats on your new supply!

 

But that's not all! We're going to find some element14 Community swag for the following honorable mentions:

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This giveaway is closed.

Now that you know the basics of how to use a power supply, wouldn't it be great to have one to use on your very own bench?  Well, you are so lucky because James has one to give away!

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James is always looking for novel ideas for how to use the equipment on his work bench. . . so in this contest, he's asking for ideas on the most unique use for a power supply that maybe isn't just using it as a power supply.  (I don't think he means gutting it and using it for a potted plant.)

 

Add your suggestion in the comments below (no later than Friday, November 1) and you're entered with a chance to win.

 

James will select the winner and announce her/him on this page no later than November 14, 2019.

 

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  • dougw
    dougw over 6 years ago +10
    I would like to set this power supply up to be able to rapidly test USB cable performance. I have a large collection of USB cables that is still growing. It seems every device comes with yet another USB…
  • baldengineer
    baldengineer over 6 years ago +9
    Wow! You guys came up with some really creative ideas! There were over 100 individual ideas submitted and they were a blast to read through. The winner of the Tenma Supply is Andrew J ! His submission…
  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 6 years ago +8
    That is a very good PSU! also: I encourage baldengineer to give away *all* the equipment that we can see in the video
  • ksheik.abdul
    ksheik.abdul over 6 years ago

    1. I can use this power supply to simulate batteries , mainly used to evaluate Battery Management System[BMS] boards.

    2. To understand my product current[ Power] requirement to define and design power supply for my product.

    3. This can used as Dual power supply to Power Op-Amp kind of circuits[ Dual Rail]

    4.Can be used to control the frequencies - Voltage controller Oscillator

    5. To charge batteries

    6. For Circuit Debug. Isolate the module/IC from the main board and apply separate power to check the working of particular module/IC

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  • Andrew J
    Andrew J over 6 years ago

    I’d stick some wheels on it, a DC motor and control circuitry, attach the leash (power cord) to an extension cord in the room and get rhe wife to make some floppy, furry ears for it.  When the cat walked into the room it would immediately charge at it, pulling up when the cord was tight thus re-creating iconic Tom and Jerry scenes.  V2 could bark.

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  • kubaku23
    kubaku23 over 6 years ago

    Sometimes, I have to use power supply to check analog outputs in my controllers. Also to check my project or prototipes  - higher voltage or lower and I have to be careful because of sensitivity.
    That's why it would be very helpful image

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 6 years ago

    Is it for the one in the video or the one in the description?

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  • cs76
    cs76 over 6 years ago

    I'd like to have one power supply to complete the power supply of a prototype vehicle.

    On this vehicle we have already available 12 V DC and 230 V AC (with inverter directly connected to the 12 V DC battery).

    I'd like to complete the prototype vehicle installation with an advanced power supply able to generate stable and variable voltage between 5 V and 24 V,

    Let's imagine this device installed on a prototype vehicle!!!

    I hope you'll think about that!!!

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  • arandomengineer
    arandomengineer over 6 years ago

    A really expensive dimmer switch for an LED lamp.

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  • anilgrses
    anilgrses over 6 years ago

    If I have the tenma power supply, the first thing I would do is that power up multiple rf circuits and watch the fluctuation on the transmitted and received signal. It would be a very satisfying test to see what the power supply can do. I am an electronics engineering student in Turkey and that kind of hardware are very expensive. Therefore, I would be very happy, if I selected. Also, I got another project ideas with tenma power supply such as charging supercapacitors and discharge for creating a very powerful electromagnetic field and maybe I can build electromagnetic nerf. image  

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  • neuromodulator
    neuromodulator over 6 years ago in reply to baldengineer

    Alright, that makes sense!

    I suppose it could be used to perform electrochemical experiments, from oxygen and hydrogen generation to chlorine and caustic soda generation or just used to remove rust, or maybe to perform electrophoresis experiments. Maybe generate oxyhydrogen to build a minitorch, or maybe just use the hydrogen to fill a weather balloon and then release it into the atmosphere with an attached radiosonde (they sell for 25 GBP on ebay) and then download the weather data while its being transmitted through RF with a software defined radio (SDR).

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  • baldengineer
    baldengineer over 6 years ago in reply to neuromodulator

    Ideas other then powering a basic breadboard circuit.

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  • neuromodulator
    neuromodulator over 6 years ago in reply to kellyhensen

    So you are looking for uses of a power supply that are unrelated to delivering power?

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