I've a PCB layout that will benefit greatly if I could (reliably) hook the watch-crytal's capacitors to +V instead of Gnd. If there's a sufficiently large cap. across the battery, this should be equivalent, I think. Has anyone tried this? --Alec \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////////////////////////// ________ / ______/ W5 Ltd. ______ ______ _ / /___ \ \ / \ / /____ \ 33 Sneath Avenue \ \ / \ / __ / / London NW11 9AJ \ \ / \ / / /_/ / United Kingdom \ \/ /\ \/ \_____/ \ / \ / Telephone +44 181 922 7778 \ / \ / Fax +44 976 650 110 \______/ \______/ eMail mail@W5.co.uk Technology * Innovation * Design * Solutions ///////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\