----- Original Message ----- From: "William Chops Westfield" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:25 PM Subject: Re: [EE] Weird VReg Behavior > In defense of the original poster, I checked the Fairchild datasheet > for this part, and it was remarkably devoid of the usual advice that > I see for regulators about input and output bypassing, reverse current > protection, or ... ANYTHING. I generally like the conciseness of > fairchild's data sheets, but this was ridiculous... > > There was one appnote that referenced the part, but it was about using > an ACE microccontroller as a thermostat, and only included the regulator > is passing. It DID show it with 2.2uF + 100nF on input and 100nF on > output, though... > > BillW Yes, I found that app note too and I've just tested the vreg with those capacitor values and it works :-) But thanks everyone for pointing me to the right direction Padu -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist