jasper81 Posted March 1, 2003 Report Posted March 1, 2003 Just wondering, the 7805 will get hot when delivering over half an ampere. Lets say I use the DOUT with leds and connect 32 of them. Also asume I have all outputs activated at a certain point. Using 220 ohm resistors will give me ( assuming led takes 1.2V) 32*3.8/220 = 0.553 ampere. Since the module is getting is current from the 7805, and ofcourse other modules and a PIC are connected to it, wont it get very hot from this?... anyone any expreciences with this? Quote
Ian_Hurlock Posted March 1, 2003 Report Posted March 1, 2003 Yep..........all three of mine get hot.I just banged a heatsink on em.Ian Quote
jasper81 Posted March 1, 2003 Author Report Posted March 1, 2003 Great thnx Ian...I'll make sure to sink'm too Quote
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