Thanks Scott, That may work although I'd rather have the system self-contained. Anyone know a commercial source to anything like this? Aaron > How about two rubber flapper valves, one to allow airflow during > inhale and one during exhale. Perhaps an optical sensor could be > used to sense which one is open. -- 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