On 1/27/2011 3:51 AM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote: >> I would go the three sets of MOSFET route plus two resistors per mosfet. >> One of those dual jobbies made as ballast inverter drivers would do the >> trick. > I know that solution, but I prefer one chip to a bunch of fets plus > resistors. > >> As an aside I'm surprised at how cheap RS are for the octal 74LVC4245A b= us >> transceiver 0.49c each minimum order 5! > Now it would be nice if there were a similar chip with 4 in each > direction, fixed direction would be OK. > There is: LM239, quad comparator, at $0.25 a device. These are=20 reasonably fast. I am using one now for an MMC card interface. --Bob A --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .