Astral Driver - Boost, Buck, & Sepic

This is not a sale thread!
This is a discussion thread.

Hello all!

BACKGROUND STORY
So long story short, at first i kinda hesitant to design and manufacture a driver because i think people already satisfied with currently available driver,
But since i saw that there are so many monster diode emerged from the depth of a hell, and not to mention the declining stock of driver in market,
Then i decided to design a 12A buck driver with the dimension is only 15*10mm.
And due to addiction in designing things, i continue another one with boost topology capable of delivering 9A current with only 12.5*10mm.
After that, i think that i need to provide one to be used with low power diode,
So i design another one, a small one for small laser diode.

In the middle of design times i scaled down both the 12A and 9A to 6A, because i think it's not quite useful for now.
So the final are 6A for both buck and boost driver.

DRIVERS AND SPECIFICATION

ASTRAL SUPERDRIVE HV

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Estimated price for one unit when fully assembled: $29

• Topology: Buck
• Vin: 4.5 - 18V
• Vout: 0.7 - 8V
• Iout: 1.1 - 6A
• Size: 15*10mm
• Features:
  • Current regulated
  • Adjustable current
  • Soft start (1sec)
  • Delayed start (1.5sec+)
  • Thermal shutdown
  • PCB with 2oz (70um) copper, twice the copper thickness of usual PCB to maximize current and heat transfer.
  • Components mounted only on top side of PCB, allowing maximum contact from driver to heatsink, hence maximizing heat transfer from PCB to heatsink.
  • Thin PCB with lots of vias, maximizing heat transfer from top side to bottom side.
  • Component mounted and soldered using automated assembly machine, minimizing human error.

ASTRAL SUPERDRIVE LV

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Estimated price for one unit when fully assembled: $29

• Topology: Boost
• Vin: 2.3 - 5.4V
• Vout: 2.9 - 5.5V
• Iout: 1.8 - 6A
• Size: 12.5*10mm
• Features:
  • Current regulated
  • Adjustable current
  • Soft start (internal 3ms)
  • Delayed start (2.5sec+)
  • Thermal shutdown
  • PCB with 2oz (70um) copper, twice the copper thickness of usual PCB to maximize current and heat transfer.
  • Components mounted only on top side of PCB, allowing maximum contact from driver to heatsink, hence maximizing heat transfer from PCB to heatsink.
  • Thin PCB with lots of vias, maximizing heat transfer from top side to bottom side.
  • Component mounted and soldered using automated assembly machine, minimizing human error.

ASTRAL PICODRIVE

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Estimated price for one unit when fully assembled: $26

• Topology: Buck/Boost
• Vin: 2.5 - 10V
• Vout: 1.24 - 32V
• Iout:
  • Vin = 4.2V: 100 - 800mA+
  • Vin = 8.4V: 200 - 1600mA+
• Size: 11*10mm
• Features:
  • Current regulated
  • Adjustable current
  • Delayed start (2sec+)
  • Thermal shutdown
  • Components mounted only on top side of PCB, allowing maximum contact from driver to heatsink, hence maximizing heat transfer from PCB to heatsink.
  • Thin PCB with lots of vias, maximizing heat transfer from top side to bottom side.
  • Component mounted and soldered using automated assembly machine, minimizing human error.

All of the driver above can be modded to be able to accept TTL/PWM

The driver is currently being manufactured, not sure when it will be finished
I only fabricate in small number for now
I hope these can balance the supply and demand of driver these day
Thanks for looking! :beer: