Re:The cases of consumer-grade routers on puny power supplies
by digitalPhonix on Monday January 13, 2025 @01:29AM
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> along with more decoupling caps to filter the input and output of the LDO
That's what the article is talking about - the output capacitors in their cheap power supply weren't big enough for the peaky load of the router. (Well, probably were assuming a sinusoidal input, but not big enough when the stairstep input has big gaps).
That's what the article is talking about - the output capacitors in their cheap power supply weren't big enough for the peaky load of the router. (Well, probably were assuming a sinusoidal input, but not big enough when the stairstep input has big gaps).