That's pretty funny! Replacing a co-worker's regulators with P channel mosfets is a practical joke on par with putting #define if while in one of their rarely used header files. -Adam On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Mark Rages wrote: > So I found out today that P-channel MOSFET in SOT23 will function in > place of a three-terminal regulator in SOT23. =A0Except for the > "regulation" part. > > The transistor had "33" printed on it, so I assumed it was the 3.3V > LDO. =A0Wrong assumption. > > Looks like the rest of the circuit survived. =A0I was impressed with how > bright my LEDs were shining. > > Regards, > Mark > markrages@gmail > -- > Mark Rages, Engineer > Midwest Telecine LLC > markrages@midwesttelecine.com > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist