On 7/27/05, Alan B. Pearce wrote: > >> No, you only get that option with the ones that have let the smoke out > > > >Maybe my humour was a tad obscure. Let me explain..... > > > >http://www.jenkins-ip.com/mym/spring2003/item_05.htm > > > >(but that's enough messing with tags for today) > > Yeah, I got your reference to "Lifesavers, the mint with the hole" OK. > > >Thanks for the regulator reference BTW > > Yeah, well I figured it was a neat idea for a part, if only it had a higher > input voltage it would be a heap more useful. I hadn't seen the part that > Vasile mentioned though. I don't know why some of my emails arrive here, some other not. Mostly those which I add tags (when I try to reply, tags dissapears). The chip I was talking about is like MAX8550 but it's without external transistors. Vasile -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist