X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Originating-IP: 84.92.49.234 Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 23:23:37 +0100 From: Chris Green To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-user] 3V to 12V converter Message-ID: <20190819222337.GB21166@esprimo> Mail-Followup-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 05:14:31PM -0400, Rob Butts (r DOT butts2 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > I used ti's power bench to come up with a 3V to a fixed 12V converter > but it uses 15 components and is not reliable. > Then I see these small ready made converter boards providing up to > 2amps and costs around $1.50 from china. They use what looks like a 6 > pin sot23 voltage regulator with a handful of components. > I've searched far and wide with nothing like what they seem to use. > Does anyone have a good recommendation for voltage regulator with > minimal components? Yes, buy them from China! :-) I have lots of them dotted around the place powering stuff and they seem pretty reliable. -- Chris Green