On 17/01/2013 7:41 PM, RussellMc wrote: > Joe said > >>> http://www.intusoft.com/onsemipdfs/an920-d.pdf > Very droll. > > Fig 22 does what you want. > Use PNP of choice. > If saturation voltage too high (which it ought not be) use MOSFET > Figure 22 in that PDF ???? Figure 18 (page 17) seems to be what Joe was talking about, but surely=20 scaling that up to 3 Amps (or more) output is not trivial for someone=20 who doesn't design power supplies every day. I can imagine the diodes=20 and inductor get fairly large. David... --=20 ___________________________________________ David Duffy Audio Visual Devices P/L Unit 8, 10 Hook St, Capalaba 4157 Australia Ph: +61 7 38235717 Fax: +61 7 38234717 Our Web Site: www.audiovisualdevices.com.au ___________________________________________ --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .