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Try the 7805 regulator.AriHell said:What should I use to reduce the voltage from 6v to 5v?
simple resistor or some kind of regulator?
I said try maybe it work.AriHell said:I understood that the min input for the 7805 is 7v so it won't work
Yes.. i was too about to sugest the same point sugested by "hameeds01" The diode will drop the 6 volts to 5.4 volts which can be used to drive PIC directly .But ensure that in further use the voltage will go down below 5.4 and not rise above that (May be during charging if the 6 volt source is a battery)hameeds01 said:simply use a Diode. the voltage drop across the diode will be around 0.65 to 0.7
pranam77 said:use a resistor + Zener diode combination to get 5.1V which will be safer compared to the later sugession. Cheers
Sorry..i too forgot one more thing..PIC16F84A's both Industrial and commercial versions work from 2.0volts to 5.5volts. Cheers..AdvaRes said:as far as I remember the 16f84 require a voltage supply ranging from 3.7 to 5 V...Advares.