Hello Francois,

Friday, September 15, 2000, 15:21:54, you wrote:

FR> Someone told me a while ago that I can do without the expensive transformer, diode bridge and regulator to get  5V power from a 220 - 250V AC line to
FR> drive a PIC with some other components like a relay, triac, leds etc.

FR> I remember them talk about caps and zeners..

I've checked about and can't find any reasonable way of doing this.
The best thing to do is to find an old computer (in a dump/junk shop)
and remove it's power supply. This will provide a high current
regulated output of +5 -12V and +12V.

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From Jamie Dainton
Friday, September 15, 2000 15:32:19
The Bat! 1.46 Beta/5
Windows 98 4.10 2222

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