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Altera_Forum
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19 years agoVoltage Regulator
I am planning to building a game that run off 12v rechargeable batteries, the idea being using off the shelf auto related light bulbs and sirens to keep the cost to a minimun. What voltage regulators...
Altera_Forum
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19 years agoI would takea multi regulator approach to solving the question.
Texas Instruments makes a few Switching Regulators that will take the 12 volt input and switch it down to something like 5 or 3.3 volts. What you are concerned with is the input voltage width allowable (say 15 to 18 volts, on down to something like 8 - 5 volts. Look here http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/ptn78060w.html for one such example. (Found by Google of "TI switching regulator 12 v in" From there, I would look at some of the smaller regulators (posibally linears) to get to the 1.2 volt Vccint, etc.