On 29/12/2007, Mike Harrison <mike@whitewing.co.uk> wrote:

> Yes, providing you use a switching regulator. e.g. Nat. Semi SImple Switcher series - I think there
> is a 5A version.        Remember to take losses in the regulator into account - efficiency of
> switchers is typically 70-90% so you'd need a solution at the upper end of this range, which might
> prove expensive - might be easier to just start off with the right power supply.

So a linear regulator, like LM1084 which i had in mind, won't work?


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