Thanks for the link, looks promising ! I've requested their CD-ROM Thanx Steve Dwayne Reid wrote: > At 10:24 AM 3/4/03 +0000, Steven Allard wrote: > > >Plan B is the maxim MAX5022 IC, it will work from 85 to 265V AC, has > >isolated o/p, and has over voltage and current protection. It needs an > >external chopper fet and opto-coupler but is cheap and compact. Has anyone > >experience of these, good or bad ? > > Why not also look at the TOPswitch and TINYswitch from Power Integrations. > > > These work well and, unlike Maxim, I've never had a problem getting the parts. > > dwayne > > -- > Dwayne Reid > Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA > (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax > > Celebrating 19 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2003) > .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- > `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' > Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. > This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited > commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.