Voltage Regulator L7806

• Voltage regulators are very common in electronic circuits. They provide a constant output voltage for a varied input voltage. The name 7806 signifies two meaning, “78” means that it is a positive voltage regulator and “06” means that it provides 6V as output. So our 7805 will provide a +6V output voltage.
• Linear regulators have less ripple on their outputs compared to DC-DC converters that can be used for the same basic purpose, but the trade-off is that the linear regulators also tend to dissipate more heat in the process.  The reason is that the linear regulator uses a series pass transistor on its output to drop the excess voltage.

Pinout Configuration

• Pin 1(Input (V+)) Unregulated Input Voltage
• Pin 2(Ground (Gnd)) Connected to ground
• Pin 3(Output (Vo)) Outputs Regulated +6V