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kragen on Dec 24, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reviewing Bad Schematics as EE Interview Tactic

No, switchers aren't “linear.” And on a schematic the regulator isn't going to be a box labeled “regulator”! It will have a part number, probably a familiar one.

spatular on Dec 24, 2019 [–]

Sorry, I meant to write "voltage regulator" about which parent asked about, not sure how I ended up with "linear regulator".

kragen on Dec 24, 2019 | [–]

Yeah, a switching regulator is still a regulator.

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