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Re: Powering Arduino

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Originally Posted by amesmich View Post
I have used these in many other projects to regulate 24vdc down to 12v for an arduino (among other things) and they work great. Yes you can give the arduino 24v and it will be ok but I dont like to stress the VR on the arduino that much.

http://www.amazon.com/RioRand-LM2596...c+power+module


Thanks for the link, I think we will give these a try.

Randy
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