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78M15

UMW · Voltage Regulators - Linear, Low Drop Out (LDO) Regulators · TO-252

78M15 from UMW, in a TO-252. Pinout and pin descriptions extracted from the manufacturer datasheet by ds2sf; symbol, footprint, and 3D from KiCad-official CAD.

Pinout

Pin Name Type Function
1 INPUT power_in Unregulated positive DC input. Maximum DC input voltage 35 V (for Vo=5..18 V variants). Recommended input bypass capacitor Ci = 0.33 uF close to the pin for stability.
2 GND power_in Common ground reference for both the input and regulated output. On TO-252 and SOT-223 packages the tab is electrically connected to this pin and should be soldered to a copper pour for thermal dissipation.
3 OUTPUT power_out Regulated positive DC output. Fixed nominal voltage depending on suffix (78M15 = +15 V, tolerance +/-4%). Output current up to 1 A, internally limited (Isc ~800 mA at Vi=35 V). Recommended output capacitor Co = 0.1 uF for transient response.

Key specifications

Parameter Value
Manufacturer UMW
Package TO-252
Category PMIC
Pins 3

CAD (KiCad official)

  • Symbol: 78M15
  • Footprint: Package_TO_SOT_SMD:TO-252-2
  • 3D model: TO-252 (KiCad packages3D, STEP)

3D model downloads

Two STEP files. Same geometry, different body top:

File Size Use it when
78m15.step 119 KB You want the bare part, or you mark your own boards.
78m15-etched.step 1.0 MB You want the part with 78M15 already on it.

The marking in the etched file is real recessed geometry cut into the solid, not a texture or a decal: 287 faces against 83 in the bare model. It survives export, section views, and rendering in any CAD tool, and it drops straight into KiCad or Fusion with no extra setup.

Provenance

Data extracted from the manufacturer datasheet, not a distributor listing:

  • Datasheet: UMW datasheet (16 pp, sha256 162df1416fa16ead, retrieved 2026-08-17, tier: lcsc)
  • Extractor: ds2sf (Claude). Every pin and dimension is cited to a datasheet page; it refuses to fabricate.
  • CAD: KiCad official libraries (CC-BY-SA 4.0).

Datasheet PDF