Dwayne Reid wrote:
> I have been doing something similar for several years now to receive
> DMX lighting data.  In my case, I use a tricky little homebrew DC-DC
> converter to generate 5V @ 50 mA which is then used to run the
> receiver chip and an opto.
>
> I can share the DC-DC converter with you but would ask that you don't
> release it into the wild, at least until I finally get around to
> submitting it to one of the design mags.  I had actually planned to
> do that several years ago but just never got around to it.
>
> Best estimate is that the total parts cost of the converter is about
> US $0.25 in hundreds, not including magnetics.

"Other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how did you like the play?"

Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
> I's like to use that 'in the wild', so let us know when and where you
> publish it!

C'mon guys, how hard can this be!?  A little oscillator driving a
transformer with the feedback killing the oscillations would do.


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