At 18:58 20/01/97 +0000, you wrote:
>I have been an observer of the PICLIST for many months whilst working on
>my first PIC project, and am now seeking some help ...
>
>I am wanting to use a 16C84 to provide volume control to a simple audio
>amplifier (microphone input, speaker output).
>
>I already have the 16C84 connected to an LCD driver using an I2C (IIC)
>bus, and an elegant solution seems to be to use an I2C audio preamp.
>

How about the dallas digital pots controlling an amp? They have a serial
input and are supplied by maplin ( http://www.maplin.co.uk ).  For more
details see http://www.dalsemi.com

Tim
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