Buck converters are DC to DC voltage converters used in variety of electronics circuits including laptops, cellphones, PC and other appliances where the system requires different voltages like 12V, 5V, 3.3V for microcontroller, sensors and switches on the single PCB board. I wrote many notes on buck converters and I don't remember all of them so I wanted to record all buck converter notes here.
Below are list of circuit diagrams that illustrates various ways of designing a Buck Converter.
Buck Converter Driven with Arduino
ADP2300/ADP2301 Step-Down Switching Regulator (Buck Converter)