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« on: March 08, 2012, 03:38:00 am »
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In my project I have stabilized 5V power supply to power Arduino Mega 2560.
May I connect it to +5V pin ? Will it not damage Arduino builtin stabilizer, or will not the stabilizer take some (significant) current ?
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« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2012, 09:26:18 pm »
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The term you want is "regulator".

You can put regulated 5V on the pin.
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