{"id":4347,"date":"2020-03-24T13:04:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T12:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saeber.de\/?p=4347"},"modified":"2020-03-24T13:17:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T12:17:12","slug":"bicycle-stable-5v-supply-v2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saeber.de\/?p=4347","title":{"rendered":"Bicycle stable 5V supply V2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After more then 2 years my old bicycle generator circuit is dying of corrosion. It&#8217;s time to rebuild it (and a better enclosure to protect it as well).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/export-1024x287.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/export-1024x287.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/export-300x84.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/export-768x215.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/export.jpeg 1328w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I used a full bridge rectifier with a 470uF capacitor at the output side of the rectifier the step down is a cheap module from AliExpress. On the bottom side of the module are soldering pads to select a fixed output voltage, in my case 5V, and the potentiometer must be removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200301_124758-scaled-e1585051292485-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200301_124758-scaled-e1585051292485-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200301_124758-scaled-e1585051292485-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200301_124758-scaled-e1585051292485-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200301_124758-scaled-e1585051292485.jpg 1107w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I reused the potentiometer to set the brightness of an indicator LED and an ultracap for standby lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My current light setup are two 3W LEDs in a cheap metal enclosure.  Although not fully powered, with 5V the light output is more than enough for a bicycle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200303_230645-scaled-e1585051405280-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4379\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200303_230645-scaled-e1585051405280.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/?attachment_id=4379\" class=\"wp-image-4379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200303_230645-scaled-e1585051405280-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200303_230645-scaled-e1585051405280-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200303_230645-scaled-e1585051405280-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200303_230645-scaled-e1585051405280-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200303_230645-scaled-e1585051405280-2048x1151.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200303_230623-1-scaled-e1585051253879-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4378\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200303_230623-1-scaled-e1585051253879.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/?attachment_id=4378\" class=\"wp-image-4378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200303_230623-1-scaled-e1585051253879-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200303_230623-1-scaled-e1585051253879-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200303_230623-1-scaled-e1585051253879-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200303_230623-1-scaled-e1585051253879-1536x861.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200303_230623-1-scaled-e1585051253879.jpg 1734w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_114251-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4381\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_114251-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/?attachment_id=4381\" class=\"wp-image-4381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_114251-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_114251-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_114251-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_114251-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/saeber.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_114251-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After more then 2 years my old bicycle generator circuit is dying of corrosion. 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