I know you're asking for PIC, but does the pdf on this page have any useful info for you (it's a PC-based controller if you hadn't seen it b4) ? It seems that the only major adjustment on to the s/w would be the timing (QBasic v .asm) http://www.jameco.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/Jameco/pageDisplay.d2w/re port?content=cc-toc -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.