Hello Everyone..

I have always been served well by the simple 78lxx regulators and if not
that then the straight 78xx, but now have to regulate a bit of a larger
current - Basically I need to supply a circuit drawing around 3 to 5 A at 5
V from a 24 V supply.  I would not have a problem using a larger linear
regulator with a larger heatsink (I don't have to conserve energy - got
plenty), except I can't seem to find one offhand..

Do I have to start looking at a switching circuit or transistor driven
circuit, or is there a simpler (like 1 chip?) approach?

Thanks
 Roland