> Well, I've dig out enough to afirm that 877 AD WORKS OK with negative > input signals. I know many of guru's of this list will cry: IT'S OUT OF > SPECIFICATION. Who care, if works perfectly ! Whoever has to use it would. Just because it appears to work on one PIC at a particular temperature doesn't mean it will work on other PICs, or the same PIC at a different temperature. You also don't know if you are causing hidden damage that will catch you later. An obvious possibility is blowing the protection diodes. ***************************************************************** Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Devens Massachusetts (978) 772-3129, olin@embedinc.com, http://www.embedinc.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.