ceRon
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umm... in fact, what i want to do is just reduce the heat generated by the LM317T, even it just drives my PPA with 0.11A, the heat sink on the regulator is too hot to touch, so i decide whether it can reduce the heat by replace the LM317T with LM108X series
Originally Posted by tangent 2000uF is not fine with an LM108x family LDO, in my experience. The regulator will not power up reliably with that much capacitance on its output. Oh, you could do something ugly like put a 1 ohm resistor inline with the regulator's output to allow it to work, but then remind me why you're using a regulated power supply in the first place? |
umm... in fact, what i want to do is just reduce the heat generated by the LM317T, even it just drives my PPA with 0.11A, the heat sink on the regulator is too hot to touch, so i decide whether it can reduce the heat by replace the LM317T with LM108X series