mdbzzzzz Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Here's a May 1986 Modern Electronics article on Atari XL/XE power supplies. XL_XE_power_supplies.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 well as i understand it, there were diiferent revisions of the xl itself, some with more components some with less components, so it figures that atari would make the psu according to that particular xl revision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FULS Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Here's a May 1986 Modern Electronics article on Atari XL/XE power supplies. Thanks for the link. Very interesting Article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 First post, and it nice. Thanks. Welcome to AA. Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+poobah Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Great article. At least now we know why the ingots fail so much.... lets take a component that gets hot and need to be heatsinked... and bury it in potting compound... go Atari! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickled_Pink Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Interesting stuff. Thanks. I was just wondering about Atari PSUs the other day when I realised I only have two PSUs and 6 or 7 8-bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hunmanik Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Cool to see the original version! Here's the revised version of the same article that appeared in Current Notes magazine, vol. 10, no. 9, November 1990, pp. 42-49. XL_XE_power_supplies_CN.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 To throw more confusion in, I believe lots of overseas markets had locally supplied units too. I've only got 1 that has to be shared among my XL/XEs... it's the brick type shaped like a cut down triangle /__\ with vent slots most of the way around it. I'm guessing here that the Peanut (IV) is the one that's now notorious for killing machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re-atari Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I was just wondering about Atari PSUs the other day when I realised I only have two PSUs and 6 or 7 8-bits. If you're in need of one you might be able to adapt a small switching PSU that is originally intended as a PDA-charger for use with the A8. One of the members of the German A8 club ABBUC (www.abbuc.de), nicknamed Sleepy, has done so succesfully. IIRC all it took was replacing the original round plug with a suitable DIN-plug. This PSU can deliver 3 amps at 5V, which is more than enough for the good old XL. Quite remarkable too, considering its small size. Total cost was under Eur. 10. re-atari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puppetmark Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I was just wondering about Atari PSUs the other day when I realised I only have two PSUs and 6 or 7 8-bits. If you're in need of one you might be able to adapt a small switching PSU that is originally intended as a PDA-charger for use with the A8. One of the members of the German A8 club ABBUC (www.abbuc.de), nicknamed Sleepy, has done so succesfully. IIRC all it took was replacing the original round plug with a suitable DIN-plug. This PSU can deliver 3 amps at 5V, which is more than enough for the good old XL. Quite remarkable too, considering its small size. Total cost was under Eur. 10. re-atari I can confirm that it does it fact work. As long as the Power Supply can output AT LEAST 1 amp DC (at 5v of coarse) it should work fine, but I would test with a multimeter to be sure first. I am currently using a PS unit from a Sprint PDA. I usually save the DIN cords from the broken Atari PS units and reconnect them to a new PS internally. However, If I can't get into the new PS, then I just solder a DIN plug onto the exsisting cable. One extra benefit to using a switching PS is that you are not wasting power to heat loss, in other words, they run more efficiently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 (edited) Hi re-atari Sleepy wasn't the first one. The HAR (some ABBUC members from around Hannover, Germany) has been using them a lot longer. I've bought the same switching power supply's the HAR uses (RoHS, Sleepy doesn't use RoHS). And just like the HAR, I've soldered together a small convertor cable, so I don't have to cut off the plug. greetings Mathy PS Here's a picture I borrowed from www.conrad.de: 5 Volt, 3 Amp's. Edited May 31, 2009 by Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 So mainland europe is 2 pin only..... (like in the US) so UK must be the only country in the northern hemisphere that is 3 pin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 So mainland europe is 2 pin only..... (like in the US) so UK must be the only country in the northern hemisphere that is 3 pin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_AC_p...ugs_and_sockets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Most DC power packs don't have an Earth pin... not really needed. Earth/Ground pin is generally used when an appliance has exposed metal surfaces where the possibility exists that a wiring or circuit fault could potentially allow mains voltage to contact it. Earth wire provides a better path to ground than the human operator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+kheller2 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 BUMP since folks are talking about power supplies again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMil Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 This is a bit off of the original topic, but I've wondered about this for awhile: Back in the 80's and early 90's when Atari was selling in Europe, did the different countries use the same electrical standards (at the wall plug)? And now is there a standard used across Europe? Please pardon the ignorance of an old Texas hillbilly... DavidMil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlowingGhoul Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 This is a bit off of the original topic, but I've wondered about this for awhile: Back in the 80's and early 90's when Atari was selling in Europe, did the different countries use the same electrical standards (at the wall plug)? And now is there a standard used across Europe? Please pardon the ignorance of an old Texas hillbilly... DavidMil Europe? Don't most of the people there live in castles without electricity? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 (edited) It's supposed to be from 216.2 to 253 V, 49 to 51 Hz. Edited December 3, 2016 by Kyle22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfdbg Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 This is a bit off of the original topic, but I've wondered about this for awhile: Back in the 80's and early 90's when Atari was selling in Europe, did the different countries use the same electrical standards (at the wall plug)? And now is there a standard used across Europe? No, what do you expect from the European community? Enforce standards on members? Not going to happen. There is, however, a "least common denominator", which is the "Euro plug", which fits into all sockets throughout Europe (except UK, but they're special again). It doesn't have the grounding pins, which are very individual throughout Europe. The Atari power brick in Germany used a design different from the US, a very good (actually German-made) power transformer with a Euro-plug (of course). No grounding necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMil Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 So what I understand is that it is more of a framework that each country tries to fit into but at the same time keep their old standards? Does this loose standard also extend east and north of Poland? David Milsop Kingwood, Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfdbg Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 So what I understand is that it is more of a framework that each country tries to fit into but at the same time keep their old standards? Does this loose standard also extend east and north of Poland? It's more that the European commission tried to identify a least common denominator and then called this the Euro plug. There are about four different plugs througout Europe (French,UK, Germany - and Swiss, though not part of EC, and all countries use one of these systems). Yes, a Euro-plug also fits into a polish socket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianoid Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 (edited) I have a switching power supply 5v 1.5a that I believe I picked up off eBay for XL/XE. I wouldn't mind making some more. Are there specs/instructions online somewhere that anyone recommends? Are those the specs I should aim for? Searching, I came up with these: http://www.newark.com/triad-magnetics/wsu050-1500/ac-dc-converter-external-plug/dp/83T4300 http://www.newark.com/hirschmann/mas-70-s/connector-din-plug-7-position/dp/67C7908 And as far as the soldering (I'm a newb), I have a couple of questions. What do I connect to ground? And maybe it will be obvious, how do I connect all the 5v pins together? Using this thread for reference. Edited December 21, 2016 by ianoid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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