2005-06-25: The circuit diagram contains a minor update compared to the original diagram from the article379. The diode D2 is now between +out and -out instead of +out and gnd. The previous connection to gnd had the disadvantage that circuit (the atmega8 to be precise) was only protected against reverse current up to 1A. That is: you mistreat the powersupply and connect a stronger external powersupply to output with opposite polarity (incorrect polarity) and a current higher than 1A. I know that this is not a very common use. It is up to you if you want to apply this change. The new circuit diagram files are called: powersupply_upd.* 2005-07-17: The circuit diagram was updated: C6 changed from 22nF to 100nF. There seem to be case where the tolerances of the diodes and transistors can spread so wide that the circuit becomes unstable (HF oscillations). A 100nF will definitly stabalize the circuit no matter how high the internal parisitic capacities are. 100nF is still small enough to get fast response (kHz speed) of the circuit. The higher capacitor will also surpress rest-noise better. The new circuit diagram files are called: powersupply_upd2.* 2005-08-05: The circuit diagram was updated: The comment about R39 is wrong there is no R39. It should say R35. The new circuit diagram files are called: powersupply_upd3.*
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