Related to the good info Chris Eddy provided about low-noise layouts, etc, is the following Fairchild Appnote: "AN-389: Follow PCB Design Guidelines For Lowest CMOS EMI Radiation" http://www.fairchildsemi.com/apnotes/ap_notes_all.html Scroll down the page, which has tons of great appnotes useful to embedded systems work. regards, - Dan Michaels Oricom Technologies http://www.sni.net/~oricom ==========================