Thank you Thomas! great advice, I just powered up for a couple of minutes just to check if it would smoke :-) Didn't pay attention to the regulator was just too busy watching the display! Hve a great day! 73 Giorgio Inviato da iPhone Il giorno 21/feb/2014, alle ore 09:11, Thomas Sarlandie <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto: > Hi! > > Welcome to the group. Those boards look great! > > I would recommend a heatsink on that 7805. With the lcd backlight it does > dissipate a fair amount of power. > > 73, > thomas > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:04 AM, Ik3nlk <mail@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi OMs, >> >> just discovered this group and wanted to introduce myself. >> >> I like to build hamradio gears more than use the radio and Minima is taking >> all my free time. >> >> I etched the Adrian PCBs and right now I have the Si570 ready and half of >> the main board populated. >> >> Really excited to finish and test it >> >> Ciao de Giorgio IK3NLK >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Inviato da iPhone >