On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 05:51 -0500, V G wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 4:48 AM, <alan.b.pearce@stfc.ac.uk> wrote:
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> > My reaction exactly. It seems solarwind is wanting to do things with 3
> > components when using 5 or 6 results in a much better solution.
> >
> > Considering that everything for a switching regulator can be got 'off
> > the shelf' and you don't need to wind bespoke inductors, why shy away
> > from switchers?
> >
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> Haha. Too late for 3 or 4 components. This thing is becoming bigger than =
I
> intended. I have comparators, FETs, voltage dividers, linear regulators (=
for
> voltage reference), and a switching regulator with all associated compone=
nts
> in my block diagram already.

Use a single cell (or two) boost (i.e. a switcher designed to run off a
single LiIon cell), don't need any of the other stuff then.

TTYL

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