[arm-allstar] 12V to 5V DC-DC Converters?

[David McGough]

I've got three of these exact DC-DC power supplies deployed and working 
great!



On Wed, 19 Nov 2014, Andy Wittman wrote:

> I have one and it works great! Haven't noticed any noise. Crimped on power poles on the input and soldered a barrel connector on the output. Thinking about adding an output for the USB hub next but that's a project for another day.  
> 
> Good luck and 73,
> 
> Andy 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Nov 19, 2014, at 12:56, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Jonathan,
> > 
> >     That looks very interesting. You can't beat the price. It looks like it has everything you need and a wide input voltage range. My only concern would be switching noise on the output. If you get one lets us know how it works for you. I will put a link on the web page as I am sure this would be of interest to even fixed station nodes for running the BBB from a single 12V supply.
> > 
> > Here is a link to the same thing only a dollar cheaper!
> > 
> > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Waterproof-DC-DC-Converter-12V-Step-down-to-5V-3A-15W-Power-Supply-Module/221117981188?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27538%26meid%3D988493afeb074ee58054fe9bb314e6bb%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D11353%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D221605016721&rt=nc
> > 
> > 73 Doug
> > WA3DSP
> > http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> > 
> > 
> > > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:01:51 -0500
> > > From: jonathan.weirmeir at gmail.com
> > > To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> > > Subject: [arm-allstar] 12V to 5V DC-DC Converters?
> > > 
> > > Good day, all.
> > > 
> > > I've been wanting to run my BBB on a 12 volt source, instead of using
> > > a 120VAC D-Link power adapter.
> > > 
> > > Anyone have any luck with the 15 watt "Car Power Technology" branded
> > > DC-DC converters on eBay?
> > > (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Waterproof-DC-DC-Converter-12V-Step-Down-to-5V-Power-Supply-Module-3A-15W-BLACK-/221605016721?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3398b03491#shpCntId)
> > > 
> > > 73 DE KC8RYW
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