After seeing several other voltage reference projects online and many more assembled boards on Ebay, I decided to put together my own version of a multi-output module that I could use for prototyping ADC, and other projects. I needed at least a 2.048 volt and a 4.096 volt precision reference. An extremely high accuracy 5.000 volt reference was also on my list. I already had an enclosure on hand that I wanted to use, but in my early mock ups the three outputs on the front panel just didn’t look right. So for good measure a 2.500 volt reference was added to the project.
The 4.096 volt and lower reference IC’s only required a stable 5 volt supply, but the 5.000 volt reference IC required a minimum of 9 volts and preferably 10 volts for maximum stability. So a separate add-on board was designed to supply 9 or 10 volts along with a warm-up timer and battery low voltage alert.