Hi there,
I was curious what the best approach to managing different voltages in my PCB.
I am designing a PCB that runs off a 12V wall wart but has a 5V Buck converter for the ESP32 that is part of the project. Most of the components run off 12V (including a power hungry solenoid) so this worked well however I now have a 24V sensor that I would like to add to the project. It's not an overly power hungry sensor (1W)
My questions what is the best way to convert between all three voltages.
My original thought was to start with a 24V wallwart and step down to 12V and then again to 5V but 24V to 12V converters where not very cheap when I had a look.
My next though leave the current setup the same and use a buck boost converter to step up to 24V.
Im sure there are a bunch of options but what would be the best approach for managing all the different voltages.