At 17:34 17/05/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Paul Fletcher wrote:
>
>> <flame shields up>
>> IMHO: Switching regs are not always the golden egg, they do tend to be
>> a bit noisier than the linear option, they can be filtered but for a
>> low power supply this all becomes a bit costly.. oh, why do I feel am
>> going to be very sorry I said that? :)
>>
>>         Paul Fletcher.
>
>I don't know why anyone would flame you for
>describing the kind of engineering decisions we
>all have to make every day.  To me good
>engineering is trying to keep 5 balls in the air
>when you are only capable of juggling 4.  Which
>one goes splat on the floor?  Cost,
>power consumption, reliability ...

errh? That's only four balls Mark :)
Dennis


>
>It all depends on the application and the
>constraints involved.
>
>Mark Walsh
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>