Hello, everyon
this will be used with a pic...

What is the best way for puting a short duration, high current pulse
through an IR LED for a 40KHz modulation remote? i was thinking of
something like this...

                           VCC
                           |
                           |
                           /
                           \  Small value Resistor
                           /
                           |
                           |c
                          /
    Approx 10K Resistor |/
>From PIC>----/\/\/\/----|    NPN (2N2222)
                       b|\
                         -\|e
                          |
                          |
                         LED
                          |
                        -----
                         ---
                          -

Is this the best way? I'd like to keep this inexpensive...

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