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Which capacitors to use with voltage regulator IC such as 7805?

Many of the tutorials suggest to use a large smoothing capacitor (tens and even hundreds of uF) with a full wave rectifier but the datasheets of the voltage regulators and some tutorials suggest only ...
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Is it possible to use 7805 regulator without capacitors at its input and output pins?

I have to drive a magnetic buzzer whose current is 50mA and max. voltage is 6V. I will use 7805 regulator to drive it as my supply voltage is variable 9V to 24V DC. There will be another small load ...
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Capacitors for 7805CV?

I have some questions about using capacitors with an L7805CV According to the datasheet, on page 4, it shows I need: C1 = 0.33 uF C0 = 0.1 uF I bought a few sets some time ago with 'common' values ...
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Selecting the correct input/output capacitors for a 7805

So I've got a 7805 Regulator and I've been looking it up and each website says different info. I am using an input of 12V DC 1A Wall Adapter as an input supply. www.adafruit.com Says This ...
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What is the purpose of the 7805 input capacitor?

Most 7805 datasheets specify an input capacitor of 0.33uF or so. This one (the LM340 http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm340-n.pdf) at least specifies that the cap is only required if the regulator is "...
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Voltage regulator question

I have made a portable device charger with a 5 volt voltage regulator(7805-TO220 package),a 9 volt battery and a few capacitors.The problem is,when I connect the charger to a certain device(whose ...
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5v power supply using 7805

I want to create a 5v power supply design to provide power to my PIC18F4550, for that I am using 7805 so it will give the required 5v as output. I searched online and this is the diagram I found:- It ...
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78L05 questions [duplicate]

What are the capacitors on the input and output of a 78L05 for? I saw a lot of different schematics with a lot of different input and output capacitor values. So now I am really confused, and I'm ...
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Does the MC7805CT-BP need capacitors?

As far as I know, you have to put capacitors on most voltage regulators. However, the data sheet for this one specifically says "No external components required" and furthermore goes on to state "...
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Capacitor values for use with 78xx voltage regulators

I want to get the output: 5V - 25mA from 24VDC-0.75A with IC 7805. So what should be the value of C1 and C0? I need a formula for my report. thanks in advance
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