Roman, I was affraid last week, you've gone in winter hollydays... like Olin... Cheers, Vasile P.S. sure is not a copy of yellow.jpg ? On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Roman Black wrote: > Hi, i've finally put that circuit and pictures up for > the super cheap 2-transistor switchmode 5v regulator > that Richard and Russell and many others contributed to > a few weeks back. > > There are a couple of charts of efficiency and regulation, > and the circuit and CRO waveform. Also a great picture > of my quick coffee-table "lab setup" ha ha! :o) > > It's all public domain and may be of use if you need > to run a 5v or 4v PIC from a battery with double or > triple the efficiency of a 7805 linear regulator, and > on a very tight budget. All parts are discrete and > non-critical, even the inductor, so you can use any > cheap mass produced pre-wound inductor and still > get good results. > > Here it is: > http://centauri.ezy.net.au/~fastvid/smps.htm > (there are a few small pictures, about 200kb > total) > -Roman > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu