<div dir="auto">I think adjusting the voltage on a 7905 with diodes in a non-critical supply is fine except it reminds me.... <div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">As a 23 year old junior tech (1981), I got a gentle 'bollocking' for replacing a VCS3 -ve power regulator with a 7905 and a zener to bring it up to the right voltage.</div><div dir="auto">He told me that so much of the synth depended on good PSU regulation that doing this wouldn't give a solid enough rail for stable operation as the voltage could drift up and down with temperature.</div><div dir="auto">I learned my psu lesson.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So, overall, an LM337-type solution is the one I would go for.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Gerry</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 19 Nov 2021, 09:34 Gordonjcp, <<a href="mailto:gordonjcp@gjcp.net">gordonjcp@gjcp.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 03:49:00PM +0000, Tom Bugs via Synth-diy wrote:<br>
> necessary not to compromise the VCO frequency resolution, which ranges from<br>
> -4 to +4 volts, in favor of a -5V<br>
> supply (this is because there needs to be 4 diode drops for the current<br>
> mirrors).Any one of the readily<br>
> available 3-terminal regulators may be used to supply the -6.5V negative<br>
<br>
So why not a cheap readily-available 7905 with two diodes in its ground leg?<br>
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Gordonjcp<br>
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