"With your stringent requirements I would use an appropriate ckt even it cost me more. BTW, is it really difficult to get the 3.3V ICs in India? What is the quantity you are looking at. Can't you justify the extra cost? "

Hi Leo ,

People here enjoy working with 5V parts ? . I need 10-20 at the moment for development purpose . I have no problem procuring via RS components but what pinch is the 10 times unreasonable cost on their behalf for such a small device where as the other 5v part in the open market costs less than 1$ .

Rgds
Sanjeev