Linsey, If you want to know what ripple is, why don't you open an electronics general purpose text book, they normally have whole chapters on power supplies? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindy Mayfield" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 12:42 PM Subject: RE: [EE] Will phone charger work as a 5v DC power supply? > Sorry, I wasn't trying to be difficult. I just honestly haven't noticed the term ripple in anything I've studied so far about PICS and electronics, and I was legitimately curious to understand more about what it was. (Besides being a song by the Grateful Dead.) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf > > Of kenasw@btinternet.com > > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 2:19 AM > > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > > Subject: Re: [EE] Will phone charger work as a 5v DC power supply? > > > > > > > > > When does ripple cause problems? Will a rippled (rippling?) input cause > > a > > problem with PICS? More specifically, let's say I'm using a PIC to blink > > LED's or control a small stepper motor. Would this be a problem? > > > > The datasheet tells you to use regulated, if you don't then expect strange > > results. > > Are you just trying to be difficult? > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.8 - Release Date: 10/05/2005 > > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist