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edited 2001-03-15 21:55 in General Discussion
Your input needs to be at least 3 volts higher than the regulator voltage
for a regular 7805 to work. There are other regulators which work with lower
input voltages, but probably not with 6 volts.

Original Message

> I had some issues going from 6V to 5V on a 7805 regulator. I managed to
> achieve about a stable 4.8.
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