On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 18:02:47 GMT, "Roger Derby"
wrote:

Thanks for coming back

I was tempted to go for a kit, but feel a bit of a heel. I really am
experimenting I guess, but I am hardly going to generate great sales!

......unless my electronics building skills are up to their usual level
of course !

G

From the "LEDS Magazine" web site:
Summary of Features: LTC3453
snip
Contact
Call toll-free 1-800-4-LINEAR (for literature only)
North America
John Hamburger
Tel: (408) 432-1900 ext. 2419
E-mail:
Web site: http://www.linear.com

I'd suggest you e-mail John Hamburger asking where you can obtain a
"prototyping kit" for use in a product you are developing.
Linear Technologies also sells/gives away such kits to potential customers.

They'll be disappointed that you aren't ready to discuss the project yet.

(You should have heard the strange follow-up phone calls I got when I was
playing with the design of a steam car. Luckily, much of the work our group
was actually engaged in was classified.)

Roger

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