Hi guys, You all are great! :) Thanks for all the links. I need to bury my head into the links for days :) Thanks, John Chung. --- On Wed, 2/24/10, ivp wrote: > From: ivp > Subject: Re: [EE] SMPS > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 1:01 PM > > You can also look for > circuits/app notes around the MC34063, a > > venerable SMPS controller IC (I'm not recommending you > use > > it, but its simple functionality is certainly a useful > starting point) > > It's versatile. Buck, boost, buck-boost and invert in a > cheap 8-pinner. > Not as efficient as some newer revisions of the topology, > like the > NCV3063 > > http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/product.do?id=NCV3063PG > > but OK for general purpose > > http://www.onsemi.com/pub_link/Collateral/AN920-D.PDF > > has more operational theory than the datasheet > > http://www.onsemi.com/pub_link/Collateral/MC34063A-D.PDF > > wbr > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist