Hello everyone! My name is Jon and I’m one of Craig’s fellow Hive13 hackerspace members. For the past several months I have been working on a project at Hive13 and I decided to share it with the public. The ATX Box! This is a device that easily lets you connect to an ATX power supply, which are very commonly found in desktop computers. The ATX box provides a clean look, compact size, and easy way to connect to the high power rails on an ATX power supply. It has many uses such as: simply hiding an ATX supply under your bench and freeing up space, providing power for a breadboard, providing high amperage (up to 9 amps continuously!), a quick power supply tester, and many, many, many other uses.
The ATX Box has a power switch and LED built in so you can easily see and control if the power supply is on or off. It has no fuses, but above 9 amps the power supply connector may start melting! It also features load resistors which are mandatory for all ATX power supplies to start up. This means all working ATX power supplies are compatible with the ATX box. It features a 24 pin connector which will also fit the older 20-pin connectors that are on many older power supplies.
This is the first revision of this product. If you would like to send any suggestions, comments, complaints, etc. just send me an email at reportingsjr+atxbox@gmail.com!
