>    come from 200x HV diodes and 200x flash transformers
>    driven by cheap rugged transistors.

Ah, Roman and his wonderful parts distributers...  Where exactly did you say
you could get these cheap flash transformers?  I know that for one or two
you can raid your local photo processor for disposed disposable cameras, but
I'd hardly want to unsolder 200+ for a project...  I always assumed that
these were custom-manufactured for the disposable camera industry,
unavailable to mere mortals (but I wouldn't mind having a source, even for
traditional flash-like projects (I really do want a microcontroller
sequenced multi-flash unit...)

BillW

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