Hi, today i bought a voltage regulator to have a constant 5v (ish) current to my pics - however all of the fixed ones were out of stock mad instead I had to opt for the L7815CV (which i have never heard of)...
Apparently it supports output voltages of 5 to 24V, yet i don't even understand how to use it - I have read the datasheet over and over again and i cant figure out how to do it
I get the multimeter out and it reads 7.7v - which is a 1V drop from my 8.7v PP3
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By the way i am wiring it up like this, sorry it looks a little silly lol
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By the way, at no point have I come across the word "variable" regulator yet - so i am just assuming that it is some special thing
Apparently it supports output voltages of 5 to 24V, yet i don't even understand how to use it - I have read the datasheet over and over again and i cant figure out how to do it
I get the multimeter out and it reads 7.7v - which is a 1V drop from my 8.7v PP3
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By the way i am wiring it up like this, sorry it looks a little silly lol
Rich (BB code):
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in g out
g as in gnd
By the way, at no point have I come across the word "variable" regulator yet - so i am just assuming that it is some special thing