On Dec 13, 2008, at 8:22 PM, solarwind wrote: > I have a 5 volt regulated power supply. I have a special chip that > requires 2.8 volts. How do I drop the voltage to provide what the > chip needs? With an additional 2.8V regulator chip. A low-dropout version, probably, though at that voltage point they're mostly LDOs. BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist