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Hi, I'm new to the forum so please excuse me if someone has already covered this somewhere...

I need to drop a 24-28v 800mA DC supply down to around 3-3.5v, causing as little excess heat as possible. I have tried a simple voltage regulator (LD1086V36) but it gets pretty hot (I can't really use a heat sink). Can anyone help?

Many thanks!

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Hi arthurq,

Welcome to our forum.

The LD1086 is a low drop type linear regulator and you don’t need low drop type here, also you don’t need the heat from linear regulation.
I have used the  http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX724-MAX726.pdf with success in several applications and I think it would work well for you too.
It is easy to work with, only a hand full of parts (compact circuit) and has high efficiency which means not much heat!

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