gEDA-user: fried my LDO :-(

[DJ Delorie]

> As a short term protection can you stack a series of zenor diodes
> together such that if the V out is higher then say 3.7V the diodes kick
> on and protect the other stuff?

I was thinking a 1.7v zener would drop the 5v down to 3.3 but I don't
have one of those either.

> By the way what is the part? Maybe I can sneak one in on my next
> digikey order.

It's time to buy some R8C's and 3.5mm connectors to start playing with
anyway.