25 Aug
2014
25 Aug
'14
9:55 p.m.
On 8/25/14, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
Sometimes, you don't even need additional components. For example,
Traco's TSR-1 is a completely standalone unit (I think Recom is
another common brand, these are probably familiar to most here), and
as you say, intended as a dropin replacement for linear regs. Albeit
at a significant multiple of the cost...
Nods on the
7805s running hot on this machine. Might be a nice place to
install a modern part with higher current handling, and a bit more heat
sink as well.
You can't beat a switching regulator for this kind of thing--only
requires a couple of (small) external components--and I believe that you
can get pre-assembled modules that are a pin-for-pin substitute for a
78xx. Why heat things up?