I'm from the Netherlands so I'm doing my best writing this in English! And this is my first Instructable so any comments or questions are welcome.
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1) Voltage Regulator 7805CT (datasheet)
2) 150 Ohm Resistor
3) 3mm LED
4) 100 µF, 25 Volt Electrolytic Capacitor
5) 10 µF, 63 Volt Electrolytic Capacitor
6) 100nF Small Capacitor (label is usually 104M, for more info of Capacitor color codes, go here)
7) 2-pin Screw Terminal
8) 7 pin connectors
9) 1 jumper
10) A piece of stripboard
11) Some wires (use hard wires which you can bend)
Look at the picture for the tools i've used, they are also pretty common.
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Thanks!
Just a couple of points :-
Your link via AllDataSheets doesn't work for me. HERE'S a direct link.
(I find the Farnell site extremely useful for data sheets.)
If you're pulling anywhere near 1A, or using a voltage in the 'teens that 7805 is going to get rather hot. How about finding a simple way to mount a heatsink above the device for those situations.
What software did you use for the stripboard layout - was it Lochmaster?
I changed the link of alldatasheets to the one you gave, thanks for that.
And I think it would be possible to mount a heatsink, maybe the 7805 must be moved to edge of the board where the caps are, and a little adjustment in the circuit board, so that the 7805 can be turned around with his back to edge. Then you can hang a little strip of aluminum onto it... I will make an extra step for that when accomplished.
I used DIYLC, here's a link, for the stripboard. I used the multi platform which is in java, not the best but it works. The library contains some basic components and I took it trough photoshop where I added text en lines.
I don't understand what you mean with your second reply...? You mean that the input voltage must be at least 3v above the output of the 7805? Or something else...?
cheers