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Re:Reverse engineering a counterfeit 7805 voltage regulator by CamperBob2 on Saturday September 06, 2014 @08:34PM (#8279979)
Although not so much the 78xx parts. They're among the noisiest, by a couple of orders of magnitude.
Re:Reverse engineering a counterfeit 7805 voltage regulator by dfox on Saturday September 06, 2014 @09:19PM (#8280043)
But still, one of the most common applications for 78xx regulators outside of hobbyist and one-off applications is local regulation for some analog-ish noise sensitive-ish circuitry.