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post #31 of 32
5/11/09 at 9:50am
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Originally Posted by linuxworks View Post
also, I'm not sure why a half wave rectifier was chosen and a center tapped trafo. isn't fullwave less ripply than half wave?
Two diodes in conjunction with a center tap transformer in the MisterX's picture do make a full-wave rectifier.
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post #32 of 32
5/11/09 at 10:29am
sorry, I meant full wave vs bridge.

and 1 bridge of 4 diodes is actually 1 less part-count, than 2 discrete diodes
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