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Re: gEDA-user: Dropping a few volts

What about a BJT emitter follower with a 5v zener C-B and resistor to
ground?  Shouldn't that give you a constant voltage drop (letting you
optimize the transistor selection) without the drawbacks of a plain
series zener?


------+--------       ------------------
      |        \    _/
      |         \   /|
     ___/    ------------
    / ^           |
     /_\          |
      |           |
      +-----------+
                  |
                  \
                  /
                 /
                 \
                  |
                  |
                 ---
                 \ /
                  v


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