Now in my code, every time I come around in the main loop, I would alternate the output between V1 and V3. Bright LEDs would get set all the time (both times), and dim LED's would get set only on alternate cycles -- sort of like a pulse-width dimmer. -------- Seems OK, assuming that there is no even pattern in your main loop cycle times. BTW an 872 has PWM hardware.... Wouter van Ooijen -- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: http://www.voti.nl Jal compiler, Wisp programmer, WLoader bootloader, PICs kopen -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics