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Hey, I need a dual power supply for experiments with opamps. In order to not blow up my circuits too early I'd like to have some way to adjust a current limit. The LM317 (and LM337) datasheet shows a current limiting application using a resistor from output to adjust pin. Based on that I also found the following circuit, which seems to serve my purpose pretty nicely: https://www.eeweb.com/adjustable-current-limit-for-dual-power-supply/ The thing is, that the current sensing resistor (as they call it) at the output of the regulator gets the total current. That requires a special low value, high power part that I don't have in my collection and that seems bulky and expensive. Can someone point me to alternative designs that don't require power resistors and are still similarly simple?
