Try it and you will learn more about 7805. ;-)

A 7805 will not work with input voltage as low as 6.2V.
An LDO like LP2980-5.0 will.

Regards,
Xiaofan

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Schouten 
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 7:01 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [PIC] Dying PICs

Use a simple 7805 voltage regulator; it should fix your 
problem and save pvt Pic!

:-)

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