> basicly what I understand of the conversation is that if I provide power
> without and sort of voltage/current regulator 

A voltage regulator and a current regulator are two different things. 
Think about what you realy did.

> the microcontroller will only draw
> what it needs and no damage will occur.

Provided that (among other things) the voltage is within the operational 
limits.

 > Well I tried it a while ago and it
> had the opposite affect on the microcontroller. instead of running perfectly
> it just when pop and started to smell like burnt plastic. So naturally I
> belive after that incident that the statement must be false.

Aaah, of course! The best bet is obviously that all electronics theory 
since Volta is wrong! It is absolutely impossible that you did something 
wrong.

 > I'm perceived as a troll getting

That's a new perspective. Up to now I only considered you stubborn 
beyond anything I previously encountered.

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