how do i hook up a 5V LDO Voltage Regulator

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• PJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065

  2007-09-03 17:31 edited 2007-09-03 17:31

  It is electrically the same as the middle pin -- it doesn't have to be "connected" (too), but bear in mind that it is still GND.
• pwillard Posts: 321

  2007-09-03 22:20 edited 2007-09-03 22:20

  ...and a heat sink
  
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• Blackbird455 Posts: 124

  2007-09-04 01:07 edited 2007-09-04 01:07

  and dont forget those little capacitors to stabilize the input and output
  
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• crgwbr Posts: 614

  2007-09-04 14:07 edited 2007-09-04 14:07

  DEFINITELY don't forget the caps that Blackbird455 mentioned. On one board I designed, I thought I'd try powering it on before I soldered them in place. Long story short, 10.5v went strait into VDD on a propeller (7.2 volts too high).
  
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