Christain, I suspect that you would have a lot of problems with hash (electrical noise) from this supply. This type of supply is a switcher. You probably be better off getting a +- 12 or 15 volt transformer type supply. Raul Alvarez Bellvue, CO Christian Parker wrote: > Has anyone here ever tried to use the power supply from an old PC to power > their seismometer electronics? I have one laying around so I was going to > give this a try. The power supply outputs +12vdc and -12vdc from one of the > connectors that normally connects to the motherboard. The pinouts of this > connector are as follows: > > Pin Name Color Description > 1 PG Orange Power Good, +5 VDC when all voltages has stabilized. > 2 +5V Red +5 VDC (or n/c) > 3 +12V Yellow +12 VDC > 4 -12V Blue -12 VDC > 5 GND Black Ground > 6 GND Black Ground > > I'm wondering if this power is suitable for powering op amps? > > Christian Parker > Boulder, CO > cparker@............... > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L) > > To leave this list email listserver@.............. with the body of the > message: leave PSN-L _____________________________________________________________________ Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L)
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