Hello, the florist BOM listed LM78L05 which I ordered from Tayda. However I now realize it is Surface mount and the pcb is for 3-pin. After searching on tayda, from what I understand the 3-pin version is called LM7805 (no extra L). I am confused because I ordered the piece with the correct name so is this an error on the BOM or is there a way to use the surface mount version on the pcb??
The LM78L05 is a TO-92 regulator; the LM7805 is a TO-220 regulator. What is the part number you bought? The 78M05 and 78L05A are SMD.
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This is for 7805
How many legs does your regulator has?
You can convert any so8 or sot89 to to-92 by soldering pins to it, just read pinout carefully