For those of you wanting to drive a White LED of a single NiCad NiMH cell
you may care to look at this Application Note

http://www.zetex.com/3.0/appnotes/apps/an33.pdf

8Watt Fluorescent Lamp Inverter

http://www.zetex.com/3.0/appnotes/apps/an1.pdf

and although it's a bit off topic for those of you interested in Infra Red
Communications

http://www.zetex.com/3.0/appnotes/apps/an3.pdf

Regards

Chris Carr

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