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Re: Freakin' Second Sight Board
- Subject: Re: Freakin' Second Sight Board
- From: ballwebr@mycroft.ECE.ORST.EDU (Brian Ballweber)
- Date: 1995/12/30
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Oregon State University
- References: <4bd4kn$2db@news1.deltanet.com> <4c3fp8$rvc@newsbf02.news.aol.com>
RUBYWAND (rubywand@aol.com) wrote:
: THICK power supply leads have less resistance. Less resistance means
: that the voltage drop or loss across the thick lead is smaller. Noise is
: reduced AND noise immunity is increased. Another effect which usually goes
: unmentioned is that voltage regulation also improves because the 'sensed
: voltage' is closer to the actual at-motherboard voltage.
You might get better noise immunity on the power lines by placing some large
capacitors between the +5, +12 lines and ground instead of running larger wires
across the main board, which could possibly pick up more noise.
- Brian
Digital Exodus