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Old 03-22-2011, 02:24 PM   #42 (permalink)
isaac_alaska
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Originally Posted by MPaulHolmes View Post
I was thinking that same thing today. Maybe if we cut the stupid plastic off of one, and see what all those bulges are. It's got to be really simple. Some sort of transformer, and a few capacitors and resistors and who knows what.
if you want to build one, here's the data sheet, and schematic of it's layout.

http://www.galco.com/techdoc/prx/vla500-01_dat.pdf

i'm not suggesting this would be any cheaper, but i think it would be pretty simple to build each of the sub-systems in the chip and then connect them together. at least gives you an idea of what all would be required.
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