I am presently using LM317 in my design and using it to generate 3.3V by using 3.7K for R1 and 4.7K for R2. The formula used is
Vout= 1.25 [1+R2/R1] + Iadj R2. Iadj is assumed to be 100uA.
I am getting 7.5V instead of 3.3V. Different datasheet and applications notes are saying different formulae. I tried connecting Adjust pin directly to ground and without load and I observed 8.5V instead of 1.25V. All this experiments were done without load. Please help.
Are you certain you have the pins connected in the correct order? Grounding the 'adjust' pin should always give 1.25V out, if it gives anything else the LM317 is faulty.
do not always use a fixed resistor, use a variable resistor at pin Adjust to find voltage what you want .. after that, measure the impedance variable resistor and replace it with a fixed resistor
I have only 2 parts in hand and I tried both and they are giving same results. It can happen like both have gone bad or I am checking it in wrong way. Let say if I have connected higher resistor value for R1 then it may be giving some issue. but when I am connecting the adjust pin to ground that time atleast it should give out 1.25V properly right...
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Regardless of the resistor values, connect the adjust pin to ground should always give 1.25V. Is it possible the regulator is oscillating? You should have a capacitor of at least 1uF between the 'in' pin and ground and another between the 'out' pin and ground. The capcitors should be mounted as close as possible to the LM317 and certainly not more than about 5cm away.
Regardless of the resistor values, connect the adjust pin to ground should always give 1.25V. Is it possible the regulator is oscillating? You should have a capacitor of at least 1uF between the 'in' pin and ground and another between the 'out' pin and ground. The capcitors should be mounted as close as possible to the LM317 and certainly not more than about 5cm away.
The datasheet says that the min output current is 3.5mA to 10mA, don't you think that 1.25v/3k7=0.33mA would be a problem?
There is also a graph in page 7 ( www.national.com/ds/LM/LM117.pdf ) that shown the min current.
You can find a LM317 resistance calculator software...where u just have to input your o/p voltage value and it gives u the required value.
This is the link.
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