Dwayne Reid wrote... >Close, except turn the diodes around. The diodes are connected properly. If you go back and read my earlier post, which explains in detail how the circuit operates, that should clarify things. The function of the diodes is to isolate the column lines from the row lines, so that the storage capacitors can be forcibly pre-charged to a HIGH directly by the PIC, but can only be discharged through an activated key. =20 There's more to it than that (see the step-by-step operating sequence), but that's the diode function in a nutshell. Dave -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.