PICAXE-28 Project Board & A Voltage Regulator

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im looking to use 7.2 V lipo battery with the PICAXE-28 Project Board, can i add a 5V voltage regulator to the board?

Thanks

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Voltage regulators

There are a number of PICAXE-28 boards. Which one do you have? What does it expect for power in?

EBay lists quite a few switching regulator boards for under $5US. Some are adjustable. There are also linear regulators even cheaper. Soldering a discrete regulator to an existing PICAXE board would probably require a schematic of the board.

 

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thanks so much i thought you

thanks so much i thought you just stuck the little regulator somewhere on the project board haha im a total noob.Found one ebay that will do the trick cheers.

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Search for 7805cv, they are

Search for 7805cv, they are really cheap linear regulators, like 1€/10. You can use them on a breadboard and are easy to use.

They take in input 6-15v and provide a nice steady 5v at 0.5A max. Then you can still use the unregulated voltage for the motor driver.