DC power supply with LM338 voltage regulator

LM338 is a strong adjustable voltage regulator, you can easily use this to make a good DC power supply.

This regulator is capable of supplying in excess of 5A over a 1.2V to 32V output range.

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I made with it a 12 choices power supply with a led scale for the selected voltage visualization.

Download LM338 Datasheet

My two-LM338K DC power supply:

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R6 values (in the first schematic) and voltage obtained:

Voltage R6 value
1.5 61
3 214
4 337
4.5 400
5 460
6.3 624
7.5 768
8 824
9 947
11 1190
12 1310
15 1676

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