MattBeck@AOL.COM wrote: > > piezo elements ... > is there any way, using natural body motion, to > produce ... 4 ma at 5V for about a .06% duty cycle on a 24 > hour rotation using proper storage (low leakage cap). ~12 uW overall, maybe. But transmitting for 52 seconds your cap needs to be fairly big. Caps are not really practical, a tiny nicad might be better. > I want to build a super small RF remote xmitter using a PIC Who/what are you bugging? I heard the FBI already had one that fitted inside an olive so they could bug a Mafia boss who insisted on meeting in a sauna. Meeting naked, he could be sure people had no wires on them. He didn't realise the olive in the agent's Martini picked up everything!