http://letsmakerobots.com/taxonomy/term/137 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-DA http://letsmakerobots.com/node/88 <p><strong>5V Regulators</strong></p><p>Being stupid I can never find out how much resistor and what do i know I would need to get my 7,2V Racing pack battery to turn in to nice 5V that my other components like much better.</p><p>You could use 1M to gnd and 470K to Vin and the centre tap would give you 4.9V, but I would never dream of using a potential divider as a power supply: it's a desperate waste of power. Good way to make heat, but then so is a 7805!</p><p><a href="http://letsmakerobots.com/node/88">read more</a></p> http://letsmakerobots.com/node/88#comments 3.3V 5V regulator voltage Electronics in general http://letsmakerobots.com/crss/node/88 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:38:18 +0100 fritsl 88 at http://letsmakerobots.com