Thanks, I was just on their site browsing ANs .. back I go . Eric On Thursday, May 20, 1999 12:08 PM, Jim Ruxton [SMTP:cinetron@PASSPORT.CA] wrote : > Hi Eric > >I've been following the recent discussion about TRIACs, SCRs, Zero > crossing > >detection, etc. Most of it went over my head but I did pick up a > little. > SNIP > I just noticed today in an SGS Thompson publication that they are making > triacs with built in transient suppresion that can be driven directly > from a microcontroller. They are even making small ones in arrays of 4 > in a package. May be worth checking out. Good luck with the house. > Jim