Found it... http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/productfolder.jhtml?genericPartNumber=3D= UA78M33 And Digikey has them for $0.56 each. Cheers, -Neil. On Wednesday 30 July 2003 15:30, Picdude scribbled: > Why not a UA78M33 which is about 50 cents in 1-pc quantities IIRC. It = puts > out a clean 3.3V, and will handle several hundred mA. > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > On Wednesday 30 July 2003 15:08, Clayton Mellina scribbled: > > I need a design for regulating 9V down to around 3V with a zener (sim= ple > > - no bells and whistles). the current capacity must be up to about > > 100ma. attached is a schematic of my design (the parts may not be ide= al - > > but I designed with what I had). My question is: will this design wo= rk > > for what I need? I wanted to use just a zener and a resistor but I've > > read that this design will only supply up to 50ma (this might be ok b= ut > > better safe that sorry). thanks for checking - I've never designed w= ith > > a zener before. > > > > -Clayton -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu