> Hi Jinx! :o)
> Sorry I was riding around the countryside this weekend,
> or I would have replied sooner. :o)

Hiya, no hurry. Hope you had a good time - bike back
together I take it

> I just think that the PIC-controlled simple boost
> converter will be very cheap, very sophisticated, very
> simple, very small, and offer a lot of advantages.
> I also think that there will be a lot of piclisters
> who would benefit from a circuit like this, to generate
> 1v to 30v voltages at a few milliamps controlled from
> a PIC with just a 5v supply. Very handy circuit. :o)

As far as I can tell this hasn't been addressed before
and I expect it will be useful. You mention the possibility
of putting some strain on a single o/p pin so why not
use two or more in parallel. Don't think I've seen that
implemented, but instinctlively I'd use a protective buffer
instead

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