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PettyOfficer -- I agree with at least most of your previous post, but I think that a misunderstanding may have arisen in this thread due to the term "power supply" being used by different posters to mean different things.

No one is saying that the dc current itself is "analog based." What is analog based is the circuit that generates it. The rectifying stage circuit IS the power supply, and it is an analog circuit.

The term "power supply," as used by most electrical engineers (of which I am one), and as I believe John was using the term, refers to a circuit, consisting of the rectifier, resistors, capacitors, etc., that you alluded to.

I can see how the words "power supply," in normal English usage, could be interpreted as referring to the current which is generated by that circuit, but it seems pretty clear that is not what was meant in this case.

Regards,
-- Al

Thanks for further clarifying what I was alluding to Al. I'm glad you were able to understand my interpretation of 'power supply'. Always good to have an EE handy to straighten out miscommunications. ;D

Cheers,
John

It sounds like someone who doesn't know what he is talking about, trying to pretend like he knows what he is talking about. Life is too short to have the wool pulled over one's eyes. I enjoy myself more when someone is NOT seriously trying to jerk my chain. Life is too long to allow such a gross conceptual error to continue!

I don't know. There may still be a conspiracy unfolding....at the very least, some real chain-pulling – and at worst, truly gross conceptual error…

Life IS too short for (this) type of behavior….

I don't know. There may still be a conspiracy unfolding....at the very least, some real chain-pulling – and at worst, truly gross conceptual error…

Life IS too short for (this) type of behavior….

Huh? What are you talking about, Ben? Or are you just trying to be inflammatory?

-- Al

Al, it appears as if Ben is replying to Pettyofficer's 2nd post on 9/15/09. I give Ben credit if he can read through all that stuff, he's a better man than I am. I saw a wall of hieroglyphics and just gave up.

I think you cleared it up well Al, and I think it's now time to put this thread to bed. I now wish I had just bailed after my first reply.......sigh. Apologies to Mikedaniels for turning this thread into another mess. That's why I suggested to search the archives, this mess happens quite a bit with many questions, including this one.

Cheers,
John