@atomicbob - I'm pretty sure the negative regulator decided to take a shit. The unregulated power is fine and I resoldered it a couple times to make sure there was no short. I am going to assume my ESD precautions are less then stellar.
Im going to switch to an external supply to make sure it's not the regulator.
I'd measure the output with a DMM and see if there is an offset. Might want to monitor it over time. If no offset then probably safe to go without a cap, though a capacitor does provide a bit of insurance.
@atomicbob - I found out what caused the problem. CCS LEDs were installed backwards because I have the one set of LEDs where the green stripe is the anode instead of the cathode. This caused the bias current to run way too high and fried the negative regulator. I need to get it swapped. QFN chips suck.
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