Zener diode for solenoid

An old friend of mine had a company near Cambridge which made super-fast solenoid valves - <<1mS.

I designed some electronics to drive them.

I'll see if I can find out if they're still going - he's long retired.

They weren't cheap.

And freely available are electrically controlled injectors as used in modern cars and lorries - both petrol and diesel engines ... pretty quick. Ditto the driver chips.

Visit your local scrappie.

Allan