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Arfa Daily wrote:

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Have you had a look at any of the data sheets for these latest generation
'eco-friendly' switch-mode controller ics, with their burst standby modes
?
They make very interesting reading, Some of them are truly amazing now.
Titsy little sm devices with 380v on them ...

I would be very interested in seeing a schematic or block diagram even,
for
your power meter. I have been looking around for a 'good' one for some
time,
and I do enjoy having something to build. If you have anything
electronically 'on paper' that you wouldn't mind me having a squint at,
the
address that this is posted from, works.

Have you considered submitting it as an article to Elektor magazine ?
That
sort of project is right up their street these days, and a little while
ago,
they were advertising for contributors.

Arfa

Those teensy little things running 380V scare me (shouldn't though as
I've found I shower daily with 240Vac going straight through the
heating element and into the shower water!).
Took a Nokia adaptor apart. Nothing in there other than the HF
transformer, bridge, some tiny tiny HV 'lytics, and a couple of those
chips. Works good.
-No- to magazines thanks!. Had some articles published about 1000
years ago, effort involved is way beyond my current motivation level!.
The guys that do do magazine articles I deem as grade #1
masochists
I'll email you the circuit diagram though.

Received, thanks. Direct reply sent. I used to write regularly for one of
the trade rags, now sadly defunct. It was quite a lot of effort, I agree,
but I still used to quite enjoy it, so masochist I must be !

Arfa