Being newbie to electronics, I'm unsure which SMD component to choose. I'm trying to build a step down voltage circuit using AMS 1117 (5 v to 3.3 v).
I want to know the SMD capacitor component (bypass caps) that I need to put across voltage regulator (AMS 1117). I know my voltage regulator's component ID : REG1117-3.3.
I think 10uF and 100uF would suffice across AMS 1117 voltage regulator. Can someone please suggest which to use?
EDIT 1: I want to power an ESP 12E using this.
Best Answer
It all depend of how much current you gonna draw and how much ripple is acceptable for your application.
Larger is the capacitor, lowest is the ripple, but be careful as some regulators cannot drive large capacitive loads, although 100uF on this particular device should work fine.
The datasheet shows a 22uF capacitor at the ouput on the "typical application" section and usually it's good to follow this.
For SMD components more specifically and the types,
You can use any cap size in SMD as long as the rated voltage and rated capacity suits your need.
Some caps are better at filtering, like Ceramic capacitor will have faster response and longer lifetime than electrolytic. It is quite common, especially in buck conversion, to see a ceramic capacitor before an electrolytic capacitor. The ceramic will take out most of the ripple while the electrolytic will act as bulk cap, this enhance lifetime.
There are different types of ceramic capacitors, like X5R, X7R some of which will be better at filtering due faster response, lower serial resistance.
Although in your case, you probably don't need to worry about it and a simple off the shelve cap will work.