Reversed polarity on step-down regulators

Hello.

The reverse voltage protection feature on our regulators protects the board in the event that the input power is connected with reversed polarity (i.e. connecting the negative lead on your power source to VIN and the positive lead to ground); it does not protect against power being applied to their output pins like you’re describing, and we do not characterize them for that. You can find some more information on the topic in this post by Jan.

Brandon