LM317 Adjustable Regulator Question

That's an excellent point. What is the limiting factor? Depending on the output characteristic. If you load it with a square wave at twice the peak current, You can get twice the average internal power dissipation due to output loading.

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Thanks for commenting John. The LED's are off Ebay. Unfortunately, no data sheet. Taking into consideration the 70ma. max of the 595, I did some testing and came up with 150 ohms for the series resistors. I figured if I had an overcurrent situation, I could lower the 5V and 2.5V supplies a little. Here's a link to the LED's. There diffused and not the greatest but I figured it's a start.

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This is not how significant figures are interpreted. When the manufacturer = says +/-70mA for absolute VCC/GND currents, they are only stating one signi= ficant figure, the '7'. If they were specifying the limit to three digits, = they would have stated 70.0mA, which would be ridiculous. That means for pu= rposes of comparing a current against the limit, you would round it to one = significant figure, which means any result in the range 65.1mA to 75.0mA is= equal to 70mA and does not exceed the limit. A further consideration is th= e guard banding of the absolute maximum ratings. This means the factor by w= hich the test current level known to produce significant damage/failure is = scaled down to (probably) guarantee 99.9% of product survive, and it is usu= ally an integer multiple. Do you really think an IC will do just find at IC= C=3D70mA but somehow mysteriously pop at 80mA? Not going to happen. Since t= he MOS in the HC/HCT family is hard pressed to deliver even 10mA per output= with a 2.2V LED in series with a 2.5V bias, across all temperatures ( see = figures 11 & 13 here

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this a= pplication is going to be really hard pressed to hit even 80mA VCC. The OP = is *perfectly safe* building his circuit as originally planned, driving the= LEDs into a 2.5V bias without limiting resistors.

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+/-70mA for absolute VCC/GND currents, they are only stating one significant figure, the '7'.

If the limit were 65, or 75, they would have said so.

"70" sounds like two digits to me.

If they were specifying the limit to three digits, they would have stated 70.0mA, which would be ridiculous. That means for purposes of comparing a current against the limit, you would round it to one significant figure, which means any result in the range 65.1mA to

75.0mA is equal to 70mA and does not exceed the limit.

So, a 10 volt max rated electrolytic cap doesn't exceed its limits at

15 volts?
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mA to 1.12A due to 50% duty (worst case).

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output voltage magnitude is a substantial percentage of the total you want= to deliver to the LEDs, and he's already working with fairly small current= limiting resistors.

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ut to be about right for a 2.5V drive and the most common red/green bicolor= LEDs with Vf in the 2.0-2.2V range for If~10mA, meaning no external resist= ors are required. There will probably be more uncertainty in light output d= ue to the LEDs than the 595s making it kind of pointless to do any more tha= n that. Power dissipation-wise, the 5V square is no more efficient than the= 2.5V rail splitter, all it does is spread the waste energy to a mass of re= sistors that are otherwise unnecessary.

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I did not email a response to you. Are you sure you don't have some box che= cked about receiving follow-ups? I notice if I click respond to a post with= a gmail account, the little CC box to their address pops up. I unchecked i= t for that last response to you, so it wasn't anything I did. And the box i= s unchecked for this response. Responding to non-gmail posts does not bring= up the CC box.

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didn't

an

side

volt

says +/-70mA for absolute VCC/GND currents, they are only stating one significant figure, the '7'.

You happen to be mistaken. It's not like this is a secret science, look it up.

No- that's different, there is historical custom there.

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bloggs.fredbloggs.fred

didn't

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says +/-70mA for absolute VCC/GND currents, they are only stating one significant figure, the '7'.

How is it "different"? 10 is really 10, but 70 is 75, by historical custom?

How much current is safe to run through a diode rated at 1 amp max?

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checked about receiving follow-ups? I notice if I click respond to a post with a gmail account, the little CC box to their address pops up. I unchecked it for that last response to you, so it wasn't anything I did. And the box is unchecked for this response. Responding to non-gmail posts does not bring up the CC box.

I have three emails from you. To: the newsgroup and CC: to me. You are the ONLY one I get email from. Not sure what you mean by gmail post. My posts go out the frontier SMTP server. My return address is indeed gmail.

Doesn't like this post produced a direct email.

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mike

didn't

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volt

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says +/-70mA for absolute VCC/GND currents, they are only stating one significant figure, the '7'.

We know that in the case of the ecap they mean 10. , the decimal there makes it two figures. *AND* we also know it is permissible to work with voltages which when round up to 10. , but never with voltages which round down. Are you sure the diode rating does not say 1.0A? The headlines might say 1A.

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checked about receiving follow-ups? I notice if I click respond to a post = with a gmail account, the little CC box to their address pops up. I uncheck= ed it for that last response to you, so it wasn't anything I did. And the b= ox is unchecked for this response. Responding to non-gmail posts does not b= ring up the CC box.

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It has something to do with your FROM field being gmail, that's the address= it keeps trying to CC to. It's not my problem. The CC box is unchecked on = this post too.

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didn't

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manufacturer says +/-70mA for absolute VCC/GND currents, they are only stating one significant figure, the '7'.

up.

two figures. *AND* we also know it is permissible to work with voltages which when round up to 10. , but never with voltages which round down.

What nonsense.

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Precision electronic instrumentation
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manufacturer says +/-70mA for absolute VCC/GND currents, they are only stating one significant figure, the '7'.

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it two figures. *AND* we also know it is permissible to work with voltages which when round up to 10. , but never with voltages which round down.

Nah- you're nonsense- see

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bloggs.fredbloggs.fred

On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:49:31 -0400, "MFudalla" wrote:

--- OK, thanks.

Here's a better sim, which more clearly shows the use of a single 5V supply and the output of the '595 with its equivalent output resistance with about a 16 mA load on it.

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Just for grins:

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JF
Reply to
John Fields
[on driving LEDs with 74HC595]

The wording of the 70 mA limit in my old TI databook is 'stress ratings only and functional operation ... is not implied'.

The chosen package (DIP or surface mount), and the size of the solder pads (for heatsinking) might make a difference. The limiting factor, as I see it, is the crabbiest critic present at your design review...

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whit3rd

(for heatsinking)

The limitation is metal migration, AIUI. *Someone* at the design review should flag such a violation. This is a no-no.

Reply to
krw

??? LM317 ???? ?? ????? ????? ??? ???? ???? ?????? ?? Variable Voltage. ?? ???? ????? ( input, a dj, output) ??? ?????? ??? ????? ???? ? ?? 1.5 ????? ?? ????? ??? Output 1.25 ???? ??? 37 ???? ??? ????

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ertugruleng

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