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09/08/11 18:28
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#183670 - LM1117 is an LDO
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Michael Karas said:
You didn't give much information as to why your LM1117 is getting heated up. I suspect that you have maybe 12V going in and you are taking 5V output at a pass current that is rather high. If using these numbers and a pass current of 333 mA then the power being wasted in the regulator is (12-5)*0.333 = 2.3 Watts.


I don't understand why an LDO was chosen for a design with the input at 12V and an output of 5V.


List of 20 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
LM 1117 SOT 223 - Heatsinking            01/01/70 00:00      
   Tight Suggestion            01/01/70 00:00      
      I hate to change it, but            01/01/70 00:00      
         Price Competition            01/01/70 00:00      
         Price competition?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Depends            01/01/70 00:00      
         Switcher            01/01/70 00:00      
            Switchers...            01/01/70 00:00      
      LM1117 is an LDO            01/01/70 00:00      
         5V -> 3.3V            01/01/70 00:00      
            whoops            01/01/70 00:00      
         LDO in HDO Application            01/01/70 00:00      
   SOT223 will not work at all!            01/01/70 00:00      
      "A Proper Heatsink" Indeed            01/01/70 00:00      
         heat spreader            01/01/70 00:00      
      LD1117            01/01/70 00:00      
   Alternative to LD1117            01/01/70 00:00      
      The LV33 can only deliver 500mA            01/01/70 00:00      
         Current rating of LF33CV            01/01/70 00:00      
      LD1086DT33            01/01/70 00:00      

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