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I have 5V DC, 0.5mA, how do I amplify this voltage to 20V DC or
whatever voltage level I want?

Is this something that is easy or hard to do?

I should be easy enough to reduce voltage from 20V to 5V. Just put a
resistor in the path of the current. But how to do the reverse? Step
up the voltage....

I'm thinking coils like a transformer or something. Am I on the right
path?
 
"zalzon" <zalzonishappy@zalll.com> wrote in message
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I have 5V DC, 0.5mA, how do I amplify this voltage to 20V DC or
whatever voltage level I want?

Is this something that is easy or hard to do?

I should be easy enough to reduce voltage from 20V to 5V. Just put a
resistor in the path of the current. But how to do the reverse? Step
up the voltage....

I'm thinking coils like a transformer or something. Am I on the right
path?


You are on the right track. Investigate what a transformer does and what
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causes it to do it.
See if you can discover what happens on the input to get a certain output.
You will probably see some new terms and be introduced to some new concepts
on your quest; bring your questions back here.

BTW: When you use a resistor as you describe you didn't reduce the voltage,
you just let some of it reside in a different place.
Tom
 
zalzon wrote:
I have 5V DC, 0.5mA, how do I amplify this voltage to 20V DC or
whatever voltage level I want?

Is this something that is easy or hard to do?

I should be easy enough to reduce voltage from 20V to 5V. Just put a
resistor in the path of the current. But how to do the reverse? Step
up the voltage....

I'm thinking coils like a transformer or something. Am I on the right
path?
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Apply the signal to an opamp with the appropriate feedback network and
a supply voltage higher than the desired output voltage.

--
John Popelish
 
"zalzon" <zalzonishappy@zalll.com> wrote in message
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I have 5V DC, 0.5mA, how do I amplify this voltage to 20V DC or
whatever voltage level I want?

Is this something that is easy or hard to do?

I should be easy enough to reduce voltage from 20V to 5V. Just put a
resistor in the path of the current. But how to do the reverse? Step
up the voltage....

I'm thinking coils like a transformer or something. Am I on the right
path?
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google for "Switching Regulator".

I got this: http://www.national.com/appinfo/power/files/f5.pdf

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On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 08:42:34 +0000, zalzon wrote:

I have 5V DC, 0.5mA, how do I amplify this voltage to 20V DC or
whatever voltage level I want?

Is this something that is easy or hard to do?

I should be easy enough to reduce voltage from 20V to 5V. Just put a
resistor in the path of the current. But how to do the reverse? Step
up the voltage....

I'm thinking coils like a transformer or something. Am I on the right
path?
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If you're talking about a supply voltage, a switching regulator would do
it. They use an inductor (like a transformer but only one coil). It works
by switching a current through the inductor to ground, which stores
magnetic energy in the inductor, then cutting the current path to ground
which forces it to flow into a higher voltage circuit and transfer the
inductor's energy to a capacitor. (Inductors don't 'like' sudden changes
in current the same way that capacitors don't 'like' changes in voltage,
so if the path the current was flowing along is removed, it will look for
a another route).

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zalzon <zalzonishappy@zalll.com> wrote in message news:<oasqj0th2b4sjha9mc652e53rdit34j1cj@4ax.com>...
I have 5V DC, 0.5mA, how do I amplify this voltage to 20V DC or
whatever voltage level I want?

Is this something that is easy or hard to do?

I should be easy enough to reduce voltage from 20V to 5V. Just put a
resistor in the path of the current. But how to do the reverse? Step
up the voltage....

I'm thinking coils like a transformer or something. Am I on the right
path?
Click to expand...
Yes, and remember that you can't take out more than what you put in,
is that the thumb rule? I means POWER_out <= POWER_in, the equal sign
"almost" never happen.
 
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zalzon <zalzonishappy@zalll.com> wrote in message
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I have 5V DC, 0.5mA, how do I amplify this voltage to 20V DC or
whatever voltage level I want?

Is this something that is easy or hard to do?

I should be easy enough to reduce voltage from 20V to 5V. Just put a
resistor in the path of the current. But how to do the reverse? Step
up the voltage....

I'm thinking coils like a transformer or something. Am I on the right
path?

Yes, and remember that you can't take out more than what you put in,
is that the thumb rule? I means POWER_out <= POWER_in, the equal sign
"almost" never happen.
Click to expand...
Like to see any example when the power_out = power_in.
 
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zalzon <zalzonishappy@zalll.com> wrote in message
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I have 5V DC, 0.5mA, how do I amplify this voltage to 20V DC or
whatever voltage level I want?

Is this something that is easy or hard to do?

I should be easy enough to reduce voltage from 20V to 5V. Just put a
resistor in the path of the current. But how to do the reverse? Step
up the voltage....

I'm thinking coils like a transformer or something. Am I on the right
path?

Yes, and remember that you can't take out more than what you put in,
is that the thumb rule? I means POWER_out <= POWER_in, the equal sign
"almost" never happen.

Like to see any example when the power_out = power_in.
Click to expand...
Power_out is ALWAYS equal to the power_in. The power out is just in a
different form. In the case of electronics circuits, there is usually an
increase in thermal energy for the drop in electrical energy. Mechanical
motion and emitted photons are other forms that power converted from
electrical energy can take.
 
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zalzon <zalzonishappy@zalll.com> wrote in message
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I have 5V DC, 0.5mA, how do I amplify this voltage to 20V DC or
whatever voltage level I want?

Is this something that is easy or hard to do?

I should be easy enough to reduce voltage from 20V to 5V. Just put a
resistor in the path of the current. But how to do the reverse? Step
up the voltage....

I'm thinking coils like a transformer or something. Am I on the right
path?

Yes, and remember that you can't take out more than what you put in,
is that the thumb rule? I means POWER_out <= POWER_in, the equal sign
"almost" never happen.

Like to see any example when the power_out = power_in.

Power_out is ALWAYS equal to the power_in. The power out is just in a
different form. In the case of electronics circuits, there is usually an
Click to expand...
I doubt about that, where all matter came from?

increase in thermal energy for the drop in electrical energy. Mechanical
motion and emitted photons are other forms that power converted from
electrical energy can take.
Click to expand...
Will this explan the big bang?
 
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zalzon <zalzonishappy@zalll.com> wrote in message
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I have 5V DC, 0.5mA, how do I amplify this voltage to 20V DC or
whatever voltage level I want?

Is this something that is easy or hard to do?

I should be easy enough to reduce voltage from 20V to 5V. Just
put a
resistor in the path of the current. But how to do the reverse?
Step
up the voltage....

I'm thinking coils like a transformer or something. Am I on the
right
path?

Yes, and remember that you can't take out more than what you put in,
is that the thumb rule? I means POWER_out <= POWER_in, the equal
sign
"almost" never happen.

Like to see any example when the power_out = power_in.

Power_out is ALWAYS equal to the power_in. The power out is just in a
different form. In the case of electronics circuits, there is usually
an

I doubt about that, where all matter came from?
Click to expand...
If you're implying that all matter came from energy initially, then
where did all that energy come from?

increase in thermal energy for the drop in electrical energy.
Mechanical
motion and emitted photons are other forms that power converted from
electrical energy can take.

Will this explan the big bang?
Click to expand...
Not unless it was running on a microcontroller... :) No, this is just
according to the classic laws of thermodynamics. Matter and energy are
neither created nor destroyed, just changing forms. If you have a resevoir
of water and run it over a water wheel into a pond, there will be exactly as
much water afterwards as before, but some of it will have evaporated, some
of it will have soaked into the water wheel, some has spilled out of the
wheel onto the ground, but it's all there.
All of the potential energy that the water had in the upper resevoir is
still there, too. Some of it is did work on the water wheel, some of it was
changed into thermal energy because of friction on the wheel, some of it was
converted to sound energy in the air that you heard as splashing, but the
total amount of energy didn't change.
The same thing happens with the electrons (and their energy) in a
circuit. All of the electrons went somewhere. All of the energy went
somewhere.
Once you start getting into nuclear reactions, then you can indeed see
some matter and energy change places.

-Cheers,

Travis
 
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zalzon <zalzonishappy@zalll.com> wrote in message
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I have 5V DC, 0.5mA, how do I amplify this voltage to 20V DC or
whatever voltage level I want?

Is this something that is easy or hard to do?

I should be easy enough to reduce voltage from 20V to 5V. Just
put a
resistor in the path of the current. But how to do the reverse?
Step
up the voltage....

I'm thinking coils like a transformer or something. Am I on the
right
path?

Yes, and remember that you can't take out more than what you put in,
is that the thumb rule? I means POWER_out <= POWER_in, the equal
sign
"almost" never happen.

Like to see any example when the power_out = power_in.

Power_out is ALWAYS equal to the power_in. The power out is just in a
different form. In the case of electronics circuits, there is usually
an

I doubt about that, where all matter came from?

If you're implying that all matter came from energy initially, then
where did all that energy come from?
Click to expand...
Well, that's ABSOLUTELY an ASSUMPTION, and you MAYBE ABSOLUTELY
correct when saying "Power_out is ALWAYS equal to the power_in".

Cheer,
 
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"Geir Klemetsen" <ugyldig@adresse.no> wrote in message
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zalzon <zalzonishappy@zalll.com> wrote in message
news:<oasqj0th2b4sjha9mc652e53rdit34j1cj@4ax.com>...
I have 5V DC, 0.5mA, how do I amplify this voltage to 20V DC or
whatever voltage level I want?

Is this something that is easy or hard to do?

I should be easy enough to reduce voltage from 20V to 5V. Just
put a
resistor in the path of the current. But how to do the reverse?
Step
up the voltage....

I'm thinking coils like a transformer or something. Am I on the
right
path?

Yes, and remember that you can't take out more than what you put in,
is that the thumb rule? I means POWER_out <= POWER_in, the equal
sign
"almost" never happen.

Like to see any example when the power_out = power_in.

Power_out is ALWAYS equal to the power_in. The power out is just in a
different form. In the case of electronics circuits, there is usually
an

I doubt about that, where all matter came from?

If you're implying that all matter came from energy initially, then
where did all that energy come from?

increase in thermal energy for the drop in electrical energy.
Mechanical
motion and emitted photons are other forms that power converted from
electrical energy can take.

Will this explan the big bang?

Not unless it was running on a microcontroller... :) No, this is just
according to the classic laws of thermodynamics. Matter and energy are
neither created nor destroyed, just changing forms. If you have a resevoir
of water and run it over a water wheel into a pond, there will be exactly as
much water afterwards as before, but some of it will have evaporated, some
of it will have soaked into the water wheel, some has spilled out of the
wheel onto the ground, but it's all there.
All of the potential energy that the water had in the upper resevoir is
still there, too. Some of it is did work on the water wheel, some of it was
changed into thermal energy because of friction on the wheel, some of it was
converted to sound energy in the air that you heard as splashing, but the
total amount of energy didn't change.
The same thing happens with the electrons (and their energy) in a
circuit. All of the electrons went somewhere. All of the energy went
somewhere.
Once you start getting into nuclear reactions, then you can indeed see
some matter and energy change places.
surely you've heard of antimatter and dark energy?
Click to expand...
 
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zalzon <zalzonishappy@zalll.com> wrote in message
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I have 5V DC, 0.5mA, how do I amplify this voltage to 20V DC
or
whatever voltage level I want?

Is this something that is easy or hard to do?

I should be easy enough to reduce voltage from 20V to 5V.
Just
put a
resistor in the path of the current. But how to do the
reverse?
Step
up the voltage....

I'm thinking coils like a transformer or something. Am I on
the
right
path?

Yes, and remember that you can't take out more than what you put
in,
is that the thumb rule? I means POWER_out <= POWER_in, the
equal
sign
"almost" never happen.

Like to see any example when the power_out = power_in.

Power_out is ALWAYS equal to the power_in. The power out is just in
a
different form. In the case of electronics circuits, there is
usually
an

I doubt about that, where all matter came from?

If you're implying that all matter came from energy initially, then
where did all that energy come from?

Well, that's ABSOLUTELY an ASSUMPTION, and you MAYBE ABSOLUTELY
correct when saying "Power_out is ALWAYS equal to the power_in".

Cheer,
Click to expand...
After reading the tread, now I understand what Travis Hayes men with
"Power_out". For him it's the electrical power_out + thermal power_out. When
I'm talking about electrical circuits/devices, power_out is only the
electrical power_out. Especially voltage converters, amplifiers, an that
kind of things.
 
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:47:48 +0200, "Geir Klemetsen"
<ugyldig@adresse.no> wrote:

step up dc voltage with a dc..to dc..converter..I frequently use a
5vdc to 12 v dc converter in my circuits..i think you can find a
range to suite your needs in a power components catalog..or on the
internet..

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zalzon <zalzonishappy@zalll.com> wrote in message
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I have 5V DC, 0.5mA, how do I amplify this voltage to 20V DC
or
whatever voltage level I want?

Is this something that is easy or hard to do?

I should be easy enough to reduce voltage from 20V to 5V.
Just
put a
resistor in the path of the current. But how to do the
reverse?
Step
up the voltage....

I'm thinking coils like a transformer or something. Am I on
the
right
path?

Yes, and remember that you can't take out more than what you put
in,
is that the thumb rule? I means POWER_out <= POWER_in, the
equal
sign
"almost" never happen.

Like to see any example when the power_out = power_in.

Power_out is ALWAYS equal to the power_in. The power out is just in
a
different form. In the case of electronics circuits, there is
usually
an

I doubt about that, where all matter came from?

If you're implying that all matter came from energy initially, then
where did all that energy come from?

Well, that's ABSOLUTELY an ASSUMPTION, and you MAYBE ABSOLUTELY
correct when saying "Power_out is ALWAYS equal to the power_in".

Cheer,

After reading the tread, now I understand what Travis Hayes men with
"Power_out". For him it's the electrical power_out + thermal power_out. When
I'm talking about electrical circuits/devices, power_out is only the
electrical power_out. Especially voltage converters, amplifiers, an that
kind of things.
Click to expand...
 
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