> add for each additional regulator, and if you're mostly
> going from 12V to 5V, the power lost in regulation is
> going to dwarf Pq

Presumably 12V is for motors ? If so, a separate 6V
battery and LDOs for the logic would save power, as
well as keeping 12V noise off any rail that otherwise
would be used as the logic Vcc source

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