5-volt custom electronics

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05-02-2005, 12:20

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Re: 5-volt custom electronics

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Originally Posted by phrontist

We were going to use a voltage regulating IC connected to the power supply through the breaker board.

If you do use a voltage regulator be careful about the heat it generates. If you're dropping from the 12V battery voltage down to 5 volts, then you're dropping 7 volts across the regulator. Even drawing 100 milliamps from the regulator will cause it to get very hot. You'll want a heatsink to dissipate the heat or the regulator could go into thermal shutdown.

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