Here is a microcontroller chip specification: Up to 18 bidirectional I/O lines One interrupt input One 8-bit programmable Timer/event counter with overflow interrupt On-chip crystal and RC oscillator Watch dog timer 1K x 14 program ROM 64 x 8 data RAM OTP parts available Operating voltage: 2.4 - 5.2V Halt function to reduce power consumption and wake-up feature 1 microsecond instruction cycle with 4MHz system clock at VDD=5V All instructions in 1 or 2 machine cycles 14-bit table read instructions Two-level subroutine nesting Recognise it? It's the HT48100 8-bit Microcontroller from HOLTEK. Details are at http://www.holtek.com Download 48100.PDF to see the details John Blackburn, London UK.