On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 09:44:47 -0700, you wrote:

>How well regulated is the +5v from using this method?  I would assume that
>this is a pretty "clean" supply, but since my application will be using
>ADC's I need a supply without a lot of ripples and what-not.  IIRC a
>previous post stated that the keyboard +5v line could source 120ma.  Is
>this correct?  I haven't calculated it all out, but my project should take
>10-20ma max.

I haven't used parallel port, but have powered adc via serial port 5v
- seems to work fine on desktop machines but not on all laptops. The
supply, however is pretty clean.


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