On 8/31/06, John Chung <kravnus@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have messing around with LM1117. From my experience
> it is a good regulator. The thing I like about it is
> the voltage regulation. When the circuit is open the
> voltage reads 5.00volts. When I place the load which
> is a PIC with blinking led the voltage drops only to
> 4.99 volts*with voltage input ranging from 9v to
> 18volts!*. This is remarkable to my standards. So my
> question is, can we build a voltage regulator with
> such good voltage regulation? I have been playing with
> zeners and diodes and managed to get a +- 0.05 volts
> with load and varies voltage input*9 volts to 18
> volts*.

 Did you ever work with LM723 ?

greetings,
Vasile
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