voltage regulators for bs2?
I'm currently working on a project that involves building a BS2 and it's supporting components onto a relatively small and irregularly shaped board. as such, space is vital. the only inputs for the stamp will be 2 switches and an ir emitter / detector pair (both leds). the only outputs are a status led and signal to a transistor for a 6v pnumatic solenoid. the whole setup will be powered from a 9v battery. im curious if theres any voltage regulator i could use to power everything, or everything minus the solenoid that would take up a little less space on the board than the regulators on the BOE do.
any suggestions? im open to powering everything off 1 regulator, or using 2 regulators (stamp + solenoid), it just needs to be smaller than whats normally used if possible
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any suggestions? im open to powering everything off 1 regulator, or using 2 regulators (stamp + solenoid), it just needs to be smaller than whats normally used if possible
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sorry if this caused confusion
i like the SMD idea, though i have never worked with that technology. would i need any special equipment for that? or just very very careful soldering iron work?
my project that this question applies to is here:
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=5&m=139395
the reason i need to shrink everything down is that it all needs to fit inside a space thats the size and shape of a pistol grip
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http://www.budgetbot.com/CES_Kit.html
this is what i have been developing the program on. for the board im creating, i need to transplant the interpreter chip and the EEPROM off this board onto the custom board.
attached is a very rough drawing of the shape of the board, with interpreter and EEPROM drawn on for some idea of scale (gotta find my measurement notes in my messy apartment... a challenge in itself)
the height is approx. 8cm.
horizontal across the bottom edge is about 3.2 cm
horizontal across the top edge about 2.2 cm
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Who says you have to have knowledge to use it?
I've killed a fly with my bare mind.
if i had an actual stamp, then i would most definitely use than and only have to worry about a carrier board for the power button, trigger switch, solenoid header, ect.
so back to my original problem, and the topic of this thread... all other design factors aside, any suggestions on what i could use as a power regulator that would have a smaller footprint than say, a LM2940 + heatsink and be able to power 2 buttons, 2 LEDs, an ir-detector, and a pnumatic solenoid?
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willis123 sent me this starting list, which is exactly what i was looking for
guess it's time for some specs reading and such.
so how does a person surface mount? is it something that can still be done with a normal soldering irons? anyone have a link to a tutorial?
thanks willis123 and thanks in advance to everyone else
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