12 V for home-brew IR receiver

Eduard Refinius via LIRC-list <[email protected]> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:12:34 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.lirc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello.

I have a home-brew IR receiver as described on
https://lirc.org/receivers.html

I've read, that supply voltage range 8 V .. 10 V is ok for this circuit.
Is it ok for the voltage regulator to be supplied by 12 V or is it too
much? I don't want to damage the IR receiver.