[sdiy] Regulator / PS question

[Tom Arnold]

On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 03:03:43PM -0800, Tim Parkhurst wrote:
> Am I halucinating here? Am I thinking of some other regulator family?
> Does anybody have documentation showing which pin attaches to the heat
> sink tab on the 78xx and 79xx? Why do birds suddenly appear every time
> you are near? Are we there yet?

tab connected to ground:
http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/KA%2FKA7805E.pdf

tab connected to Vin:
http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/KA%2FKA7905.pdf

You are not crazy.  Whats sad is I always remembers this about 2 seconds
after I release the smoke...

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