On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Fred Langley wrote: > > This is slightly off the original question, but what is better for this > sort > of application, a MOSFET, or a bipolar transistor. Since as mentioned, > FET's > are designed more for fast switching and often to stay out of the linear > area, would a big transistor be a better choice since they were probably > designed to be in the linear region of operation? I have a bag full of TO= -3 > cased units from old linear power supplies for instance. Would they be > better? > > I was wondering that too actually. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .