grrr_arrghh
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Hi.
I came accross something on the net that was talking about regulators. It mentioned the whole virtual ground thing, and said that if you have a (for example) 5v reg, you can make it give 6v, but if you have a 6v reg, you can't make it give you 5v.
1) This set me thinking. To get a 5v reg to give you 6v, you give it a ground that is equivelent to 1v, yeah? So if you had a 6v reg, and you gave it a ground equivalent to -1v, would it give out 5v? This is just a hypothetical question.
Oh, and for negative regulators (e.g. 79xx series) does the input have to be negative?
Cheers,
Tim
I came accross something on the net that was talking about regulators. It mentioned the whole virtual ground thing, and said that if you have a (for example) 5v reg, you can make it give 6v, but if you have a 6v reg, you can't make it give you 5v.
1) This set me thinking. To get a 5v reg to give you 6v, you give it a ground that is equivelent to 1v, yeah? So if you had a 6v reg, and you gave it a ground equivalent to -1v, would it give out 5v? This is just a hypothetical question.
Oh, and for negative regulators (e.g. 79xx series) does the input have to be negative?
Cheers,
Tim