Wouter van Ooijen wrote: >> C'mon guys, how hard can this be!? A little oscillator driving a >> transformer with the feedback killing the oscillations would do. > > Maybe, but the $0.25 BOM sounds interesting. But that was without the magnetics, which will be the expensive part. $.25 can buy a fair number of jellybean transistors, resistors, and capacitors in reasonable quantities. ******************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist