• Fix that Power Supply, or bin it! - Part 2 : Troubleshoot and repair

    In part 1 we had a good look at the power supply internals, figured out the schematic and the functional blocks of the circuit. This gives us a good starting point to troubleshoot the problem, in search for an (hopefully) easy fix. Let's start by describing…
  • Fix that Power Supply, or bin it! - Part 1

    “I’ll just put it there for now, then I will fix it next week”… I don’t know you, but I have pronounced those words many times (and I still do, to be honest!). Then, after countless weeks, one day you open the cupboard, and it is there, staring at…