[oakley-synths] Re: [sdiy] Simple Power supply

[Ken Stone]

You cannot rely on pin numbers for the 3 terminal regulators, because is
varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, Motorola goes 123, but another (I
forget who) uses a different order. National simply specifies in ground out,
which is far more logical.

Ken

>> http://www.aaroncake.net/circuits/supply6.htm
>
>Yeah, the pins look the wrong way around.
>
>The pins, with the tab at the top and from the front:
>
>IN GND OUT
>
>Or IGO as I like to remember it.
>
>But its GIO for negative regulators.
>
>The other way to think of it is that the substrate, or the metal tab, is
>always the most negative point.
>
>Regards,
>
>Tony Allgood                         www.oakleysound.co.uk
>
>Oakley Modular Synthesisers      Penrith, Cumbria, England
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