Anyone have much experience using ordinary 4cent diodes as temperature sensors ? I understand there is some variation between units but, if the device is calibrated at the time of use - just how reproducable is the voltage vs temperature characteristics over time ? Rgds Mike Perth, Western Australia Some say there is no magic but, all things begin with thought then it becomes academic, then some poor slob works out a practical way to implement all that theory, this is called Engineering - for most people another form of magic. Massen