M. Adam Davis wrote:
> Spark fun has a few products that you can use as-is (no schematics):
> http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php?cPath=53_54

That's not too bad, I may pick one up and see what we can do with it.
Thanks

> Usually I just go to national semiconductor and use their power designer:
> http://www.national.com/appinfo/power/webench.html
> You put in your input voltage range, output voltage and current, and
> it spits out a design.  If it's a generic enough design you can even
> order kits from them.

Thanks, I have their web page up now.

> There have also been other cheap regulator designs posted to the
> piclist - do a search.

Oh that's right, I remember now, there were these little contests
to see who could build the {simpliest,cheapest,efficientest,smallest}
power supply. I'll search for those.

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