How to change the direct current from 12V into 5V?

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Good afternoon~
I would like to ask some advice from you.Please look at the following circuit:

In this circuit, How to chose the capacitor in two ports of 7805 if changing the direct current from 12V into 5V? The reason is I need to change the direct current of car battery from 12V into 5V which will be used by singleship. Do you have any specific formulas ?

Thanks all.

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Buy a lighter plug converter at Walmart

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It’s covered in the 7805 data sheet. Not critical in most applications.
A linear regulator has to dump a lot oh heat. How much current do you need?

.33uf C5 and .1uf C6 is a start
C4 and C7 may not be needed at all. 10uf to 100uf won’t hurt.

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