> Yowza!! 100 slaves? Well, I can give you one recommendation right > away. IIRC the maximum recommended bus length is 10cm. Recommended in a particular situation perhaps, but IIC has no official maximum bus length. The hard limits are the maximum capacitance (400pF if recall), and the maximum sink current required to lower a bus line to logic 0 (around 3mA, again from memory). These parameters and the maximum clock rate will dictate the maximum bus length in your case. Note that you get to chose the clock rate. ***************************************************************** Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com -- 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