Pico PSU
I'm considering changing my A1200 PSU (450W ATX PSU with a converter plug, overkill much) to the much more elegant internal Pico PSU. The reason I'm hesitant is that the spec of my Amiga is rather high so lots of internals.
Apollo 1240 (currently but may go 060) 64 MB RAM RapidRoad USB Indivision AGA MK2cr Gotek 4xEIDE'99 8GB DOM (solid state HDD) CF HDD Squirrel SCSI + CD + HD Does anyone have experience with a Pico PSU. I'm not worried about the wattage just reliability and heat dissipation. It's either that or a Brick from C64PSU web site. Thanks for any comments. |
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I use Pico PSUs for 3 systems - a Falcon with an 060 accelerator and 2 X68000s. I've had no problems whatsoever, all work absolutely fine with no active cooling for the psus.
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Yeah, I've used a PicoPSU for a project before, and it works fine. I used the universal input type that also regulates 12V, so it could use any old laptop charger as a power source. However, I found that it didn't have particularly good noise suppression, and it was passing through noise from the old (Dell) PSU to the Amiga, resulting in some interference in the video and audio output. Changing to another main PSU sorted it.
I would recommend buying an official PSU though, as there are a lot of clones around that I wouldn't necessarily trust with a precious Amiga. I would wonder though if it wasn't simpler to get (or build) a compact external PSU based on one of the popular industrial PSU modules like a Mean Well. Even with a built-in PicoPSU, you'll still need the main power brick housed externally anyway. |
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- Doubt there are any fake Mean Well PSU's. - More compact (due to not requiring two separate power supply units). - I would assume better noise/EMI suppression. And as a bonus, if it burns your house down or blows up your computer, at least you can say it Meant Well. |
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Unless you get a HDPlex one, that is. |
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Sorry, no, I was mixing up the intended use a bit here. I assumed the AC ones would fit in the external housing (A500,600,1200) or inside big-box amigas incl A1000. I thought the very small footprint would allow nice solutions. |
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http://deadcoderssociety.net/pics/pico2.JPG and later also added a power switch http://deadcoderssociety.net/pics/a600_picopsu.JPG |
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