Simple Cheap Compact IC-based High Performance Amp

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What ic are you using or have in mind mate? Fully solid state, class AB or class D?
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See first page :-)
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Fred wrote:See first page :-)
ROFL! Sorry I must've missed that!

Ah the TDA7293 IC! Nice!

EDIT: Is your reason for using such that you have this IC already? or availability? or cost? etc?

The reason I ask is that I am doing some Class D work for a customer at the moment and you can get very efficient Class D IC's also! (less heat than AB for 100W, etc, etc)
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I hate switchers for audio MUCH more than I hate them for power supplies in ECUs ;-)

Had three of them for months with intent to do just this.

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LOL @ hatred for switchers! :-)

makes me smile for so many reasons!

skype in a day or so eh?

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Skype complete! Skype again in ~24 hours :-)

Mean while, I cut the heatsink down to fit, and it's now 221mm long. So we have that much face for mounting boards to. I think the boards will purely be mounted to the heatsink, by IC and by some brackets. Each should be about 60 - 70mm wide for a bit of working space to be present for wiring, etc.

I need to cut some steel and plastic to get the heatsink into the part of the case that I want it. That and all of the other things on the list, too. Time to clean up the flat and do the dishes and some food shopping etc. Ahhhh chores.

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There is a picture of the first draft schematic for one channel amplifier IC.
git hash: 36c6a7f95121be5c332cde25fbff0e4994004703
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github repository for the the amplifer PCB design:

https://github.com/DeuceEFI/Amplifier

git hash after adding the LICENSE.txt, TODO.md, README.md and Amplifier-Schematic.pdf files is: 3427d85e74e55b52c977fda8912b3612c0eaaec1
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I spy with my little eye a copy paste error in the readme ;-)

Haven't had a detailed look at the schem yet. I'll clone it in git and have a poke around.

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OK, I have it open in KiCAD and the basic layout looks good! I think. I'll recheck it when less tired, though.

Round one of minor changes:
  • Both 22uF caps are 100uF (C2 and C5)
  • Both upper and lower power supply have triple decouple + bulk (two missing caps per rail) (friends of C7 and C9)
  • The input cap (C1) is three 1uF caps in parallel, not one 0.47uF cap
  • The diode is 1N4007 (D1)
  • Standby and input grounds should be grouped as per PDF schematic (though yours is more clear! if we can maintain clarity, that'd be good!)
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http://stuff.fredcooke.com/TDA7293-AmpP ... icBase.png
http://stuff.fredcooke.com/TDA7293-AmpP ... otated.png (updated slightly to change maybes to yes/no)
http://stuff.fredcooke.com/amplifier.pr ... G_7001.JPG
viewtopic.php?p=30972#p30972

The vclip and input and mute/stby might need more stuff at some point, however I have no idea what, if anything, right now :-)

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