[sdiy] Caps (was Linear PSU options)

Ian Fritz ijfritz at earthlink.net
Mon Jan 9 18:53:46 CET 2006


Thanks Jay --

Also note that the articles on capacitors with Marsh are also on the Jung site:
http://waltjung.org/Classic_Articles.html

A must read for anyone trying to understand the subtle points of caps.

   Ian


At 10:10 AM 1/9/06, Jay Schwichtenberg wrote:
>Yes,
>
>I wouldn't put 7XXX stuff in audio circuits. They are noisier than the
>LM317/LM337. Linear Tech makes some even better ones. Might also look into
>some of the new LDO (Low Drop Out) regulators. One problem now days is that
>they spend most of the development doing positive regulators and not
>negative ones. Mainly for all the low power portable equipment that is being
>made. Thye don't need good neg regs so they aren't working to hard in that
>area.
>
>Check out the 4th bullet down:
><http://waltjung.org/Regs.html>





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