[sdiy] power supplies

[Andre Majorel]

On 2007-11-20 15:53 -0500, Anthony Rolando wrote:

> How much current do you need at +5V? You could wire up a LM7805
> regulator to your current supply and get 1A if you have a heat
> sink on it...

It seems that synth modules tend to draw more on the positive rail
than on the negative rail. This would only make things worse and
in effect derate his power supplies.

Why not just get a transformer with a >= 7.5 V secondary, a diode
bridge, a 7805 and a couple caps ?

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