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« on: October 23, 2010, 06:58:29 pm » |
For the life of me, I can't find the proper way to decouple a 7805 5V regulator. I ahve seen solutions with both 2 and three resistors capacitors, in all sorts of combos.
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Expexted Input: 9V - 12V
Expected Current: ~500mA
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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2010, 07:04:25 pm » |
Resistors?
I've used 2 10uF electrolytic caps - one between vin and gnd, one between vout and gnd. Works sufficiently well for a breadboard-duino setup.
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2010, 07:28:37 pm » |
yes you use capacitors to decouple
I usually toss a 0.1uf and a 10uf on input and a 0.1 on output (with the other ends connected to ground)
capacitors have the ability to block DC voltages from passing through but let ac frequencies shunt to ground
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2010, 07:29:22 pm » |
I do the same as Osgeld.
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2010, 07:40:13 pm » |
Oops... I totally said capacitors... LOL!
I guess majority rules... I'll try out Osgled's idea...
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« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2010, 05:04:19 pm » |
put the 0.1 as close as possible to the output pin, I usually solder it directly on to the centre and right hand pins of the device. ( ground and output )
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« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2010, 08:34:39 am » |
I can't find the proper way to decouple a 7805 5V regulator. Look in the data sheet, there are many manufactures of this regulator and each one requires a different minimum capacitor value to decouple it properly. |
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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2010, 08:40:48 am » |
phht yea if you want to be right about it  |
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