Engineering Is my Power Supply Circuit correct in the recreated version?

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The discussion focuses on the correctness of a recreated power supply circuit using Livewire and PCB Wizard. Key issues identified include incorrect connections of potentiometers, the fuse placement, and the need for two bridge rectifiers for the positive and negative voltage regulators. Participants suggest incorporating a transformer to step down the voltage and recommend searching for dual regulated power supply schematics for guidance. Additionally, there are significant concerns regarding the configuration of the voltage regulators, specifically the incorrect wiring of output and reference pins. Overall, the circuit requires substantial reconfiguration to function properly.
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Homework Statement


So the circuit drawing is in this link http://i.imgur.com/jVYm5La.jpg . Basically, we have to create a power supply circuit and using Livewire and PCB wizard program in conjunction, I created this circuit

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I can't seem to know exactly if this is correct or wrong when I recreate this using the program. I tried using the Play function in Livewire and the green current seems to have no Voltage. I'm also wondering if I misplaced some polarity of the Voltage regulators there.

Sorry, I'm a bit new to using these programs
 
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A couple of observations: Your pots are not correctly connected. F1 is not serving any purpose.
 
Looks like the fuse is in the wrong place.

I think you will need a pair of bridge rectifiers—one for each side of the power supply.

Are you going to use a transformer between the 220V and your rectifier?
 
NascentOxygen said:
Looks like the fuse is in the wrong place.

I think you will need a pair of bridge rectifiers—one for each side of the power supply.

Are you going to use a transformer between the 220V and your rectifier?
I completely forgot though, the transformer is a step-down one so the input would only be 25V

Edit: How about the Voltage regulators? Is there something wrong with it?
 
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NascentOxygen said:
I think you will need a pair of bridge rectifiers—one for each side of the power supply.
By this I mean one bridge rectifier for the positive regulator, and a second bridge rectifier for the negative regulator.

I think you should search on google for a few schematics of a dual regulated power supply, and model your circuit on those.
 
The output terminals (both of them) are connected to the wrong spot.

I second the suggestion by @NascentOxygen about a Google search for schematics.

Although your basic circuit architecture can work in some conditions, please consider using a transformer with a Center Tapped secondary or two individual secondaries.
 
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AilingLore21 said:
Edit: How about the Voltage regulators? Is there something wrong with it?
Yes, very. You're mixing up the output vs. ref pins and then the circuit needs to be still further reconfigured (basically R1 ⇔ R2 and R3 ⇔R4 value-wise). Look more carefully at how the lm317 is supposed to be hooked up. Same with the lm337. As in here http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm317.pdf
 

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