If each LED has its own individual cathode resistor, the cold ends of those resistors could meet at a point then connect to ground through a common resistor. Shorting out that common resistor with a transistor would increase the brightness of all the LEDs -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body